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Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods. — Pierre Corneille

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Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.

In the original French

Faites votre devoir et laissez faire aux dieux.

Pierre Corneille
1640
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Topic
Doing one's jobDutyGod and manFate
Statement type
Advice
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Medium
Play
Time
1640
Person
Pierre Corneille
Provenance
Current citation
Corneille, Pierre. "Horace." Chief Plays of Corneille, translated by Lacy Lockert. Princeton University Press, 2015, act 2, sc. 8.
Original citation
Corneille, Pierre. Horace. Mar. 1640, Théâtre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 8.

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