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Jean Racine
Age: 59 †
Born: 1639
Born: December 1
Died: 1699
Died: April 21
Author
Dramatist
Historian
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
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Writer
Ferté-Milon (La)
Jean Baptiste Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine
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He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.
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A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.
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I have loved him too much not to hate
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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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To repair the irreparable ravages of time.
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Great crimes come never singly they are linked To sins that went before.
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The joys of the evil flow away like a torrent.
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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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Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?
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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
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Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity?
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Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.
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