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Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.

Pierre Corneille

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Pierre Corneille
Age: 78 †
Born: 1606
Born: June 6
Died: 1684
Died: October 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Writer
Men
Love
Roman
Virtue
Though
Less

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