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A tragedy need not have blood and death it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

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