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Famous Jean Racine Quotes
“A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.”
“I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.”
“Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.”
“The heart that can no longer love passionately must with fury hate.”
“Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?”
“The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.”
“On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.”
“It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.”
“My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.”
“If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.”
“Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before.”
“Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.”
“Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.”
“It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.”