Quotes from work
Héraclius


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“The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.”

Le sujet d'une belle tragédie doit n'être pas vraisemblable.
Héraclius (1646), preface.

Pierre Corneille photo

“Guess if you can, choose if you dare.”

Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.
Léontine, Héraclius, act IV, scene IV.

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