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Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

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He who fears not death fears not a threat.

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Reason and love are sworn enemies.

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Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille
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Born: June 6, 1606
Died: October 1, 1684 (aged 78)
Bio: Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine.
Known for:
  1. Le Cid (1637)
  2. The Liar (1644)
  3. Cinna (1644)
  4. Polyeucte (1642)
  5. L'Illusion Comique (1639)
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  • live
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  • heaven
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