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It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage die or kill.

Pierre Corneille

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Pierre Corneille
Age: 78 †
Born: 1606
Born: June 6
Died: 1684
Died: October 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
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Outrage
Wash
Revenge
Kill
Blood
Dies
Away

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