A la cour d’un tyran, injuste ou légitime, Le plus léger soupçon tint toujours lieu de crime; Et cest être proscrit que d’être soupçonné. - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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A la cour d’un tyran, injuste ou légitime,
Le plus léger soupçon tint toujours lieu de crime;
Et cest être proscrit que d’être soupçonné.

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About Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

(13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian. He is sometimes known as Crébillon père or Crébillon le Tragique to distinguish him from his son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon the Gay).

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Alternative Names: Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon
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