“Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal
To be master of the world just that day.”

— Pierre Corneille , The Death of Pompey

Ne durât-il qu'un jour, ma gloire est sans seconde
D'être du moins un jour la maîtresse du monde.
Cléopâtre, act II, scene i.
La Mort de Pompée (The Death of Pompey) (1642)

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Ne durât-il qu'un jour, ma gloire est sans seconde D'être du moins un jour la maîtresse du monde.

La Mort de Pompée (The Death of Pompey) (1642)

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French tragedian 1606–1684

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