“When obedience is so impious,
Revolt is a necessity.”

—  Pierre Corneille, Rodogune

Lorsque l'obéissance a tant d'impiété,
La révolte devient une nécessité.
Séleucus, act III, scene v.
Rodogune (1644)

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