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" "A first impulse was never a crime.
Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly 40 years.
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Hélas ! Ton intérêt ici me désespère.
Si quelque autre malheur m’avait ravi mon père,
Mon âme aurait trouvé dans le bien de te voir
L’unique allègement qu’elle eût pu recevoir ;
Et contre ma douleur j’aurais senti des charmes,
Quand une main si chère eût essuyé mes larmes.
Mais il me faut te perdre après l’avoir perdu ;
Cet effort sur ma flamme à mon honneur est dû ;
Et cet affreux devoir, dont l’ordre m’assassine,
Me force à travailler moi-même à ta ruine.
Car enfin n’attends pas de mon affection
De lâches sentiments pour ta punition.
De quoi qu’en ta faveur notre amour m’entretienne,
Ma générosité doit répondre à la tienne :
Tu t’es, en m’offensant, montré digne de moi ;
Je me dois, par ta mort, montrer digne de toi.
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These little rulers who may rule a year,
Who see their pow’r will be for such short time,
Seek to abort the fruit of well made plans,
Lest it belong to those who follow them.
As they have little share of public goods,
They try to harvest much for their own selves,
Each man, they know, will gladly pardon them,
In hopes of one day profiting the same:
The people’s state of all states is the worst.