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Famous Jean Racine Quotes
“The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.”
Source: Racine's Phèdre, literally tr. by R. Mongan
“Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.”
“I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror.”
“Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before.”