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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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A single word often betrays a great design.
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The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
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If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
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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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He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. Submitting with respect to His holy will, I fear God, and have no other fear.
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How good is God! How sweet his yoke!
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I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.
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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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The faith that acts not, is it truly faith?
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A tragedy need not have blood and death it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.
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Justice in the extreme is often unjust.
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Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.
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Innocence has nothing to dread.
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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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Extreme justice is often injustice.
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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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And forever goodbye! Forever! Oh, Sir, can you imagine how dreadful this cruel word sounds when one loves?
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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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