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I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it. - Pierre Corneille Attribution: Pierre Corneille (1606–1684), French playwright. Achilles, in The Death of Pompey (La Mort de Pompée), act 1, sc. 1 (1642). Achilles accepts the order from King Ptolemy to assassinate Pompey.

Categories: Assassination, Justice, Monarchy, Playwright

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Encyclopedia:

• Corneille, Pierre (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)

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• Pierre Corneille (Critical Survey of Drama)
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Literary Criticism:

• Corneille, Pierre (Drama Criticism)
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Calendar of Literary Facts:

• Pierre Corneille is born
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• Pierre Corneille's Oedipe is first performed
• Pierre Corneille dies