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To repair the irreparable ravages of time.
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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The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
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He who will travel far spares his steed.
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Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.
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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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According as the man is, so must you humour him.
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And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?
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And forever goodbye! Forever! Oh, Sir, can you imagine how dreadful this cruel word sounds when one loves?
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A single word often betrays a great design.
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Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
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I felt for my crime a just terror I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror.
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A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.
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All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune.
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