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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

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Jean Racine
Age: 59 †
Born: 1639
Born: December 1
Died: 1699
Died: April 21
Author
Dramatist
Historian
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
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Writer
Ferté-Milon (La)
Jean Baptiste Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine
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Secrets
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Time

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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
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Extreme justice is often injustice.
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The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
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