“Clemency is the noblest trait
Which can reveal a true monarch to the world.”

— Pierre Corneille , Cinna

La clémence est la plus belle marque
Qui fasse à l'univers connaître un vrai monarque.
Livie, act IV, scene iii.
Cinna (1641)

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La clémence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse à l'univers connaître un vrai monarque.

Cinna (1641)

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French tragedian 1606–1684

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