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NUMBER:14977
QUOTATION:I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.
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.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Corneille Collection.
 
 
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