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Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.

Jean Racine

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Jean Racine
Age: 59 †
Born: 1639
Born: December 1
Died: 1699
Died: April 21
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Dramatist
Historian
Librettist
Playwright
Poet
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Writer
Ferté-Milon (La)
Jean Baptiste Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine
Happiness
Felicity
Anticipation
Possession

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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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Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
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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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All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune.
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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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If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
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