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The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
Jean Racine
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Jean Racine
Age: 59 †
Born: 1639
Born: December 1
Died: 1699
Died: April 21
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Ferté-Milon (La)
Jean Baptiste Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine
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Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!
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All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune.
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A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.
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Innocence has nothing to dread.
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You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.
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