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I have loved him too much not to hate

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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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By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight!
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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
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Honor, without money, is a mere malady.
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He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. Submitting with respect to His holy will, I fear God, and have no other fear.
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Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?
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A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.
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My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.
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