Phèdre
A source page for quotes linked to Jean Racine.
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Source: Andromaque
“Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?”
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“Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.”
Source: Britannicus
“The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.”
Source: Racine's Phèdre, literally tr. by R. Mongan
“The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.”
“Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.”
“Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.”
“Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.”
“Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.”
“To repair the irreparable ravages of time.”
Source: Five plays
“What does it matter if, by chance, a little vile blood be spilled?”
“Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.”
“When I'm carried away, isn't it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth?”
“By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight!”
“Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!”
“I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer.”
Source: Three Plays: Andromache, Phaedra, Athaliah
“To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.”
“I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror.”
“I loved you when you were unfaithful; what would I have done if you were true?”
“A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.”