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Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?
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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My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.
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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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The faith that acts not, is it truly faith?
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I loved you when you were unfaithful what would I have done if you were true?
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The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.
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To repair the irreparable ravages of time.
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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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He who will travel far spares his steed.
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The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.
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How good is God! How sweet his yoke!
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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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