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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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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
Degrees
Crime
Timid
Virtue
Blossom
Known
License
Never
Extreme
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Innocence
Extremes
Suddenly

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