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Great crimes come never singly they are linked To sins that went before.
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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I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.
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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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The part I remember best is the beginning.
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Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.
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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
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Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
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On the throne, one has many worries and remorse is the one that weighs the least.
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A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.
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Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity?
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The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
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Crime like virtue has its degrees and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.
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The faith that acts not, is it truly faith?
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Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.
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