Such subjects are the very strength of kings,
And are thus above the law.

De pareils serviteurs sont les forces des rois,
Et de pareils aussi sont au-dessus des lois.

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Tulle, act V, scene iii | King Tullus forgives the hero, Horace, who has saved the state but killed his sister.

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