“A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense.”
Un service au-dessus de toute récompense
À force d'obliger tient presque lieu d'offense.
Orode, Suréna (1674), act III, scene I.
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Suréna is a tragedy by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille, first performed in 1674. It is the author's last play.
