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Tragedy (play)2 quotes
A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. — Pierre Corneille · 1674Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods. — Pierre Corneille · 1640Biography1 quote
Autumn is quite beautiful here but all the same has a funereal air, like all beautiful autumns-something like a funereal relaxation of things. — Marcel DuchampScientific literature1 quote
The theory of probabilities is at bottom only common sense reduced to calculus. — Pierre-Simon Laplace · 1814Tragedy1 quote
A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. — Pierre Corneille · 1674Tragicomedy1 quote
To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. — Pierre Corneille · 1636