“Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.” VirtueCrimeDegrees Author:Jean Racine
“Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.” KnownVirtueCrimeDegreesExtremesInnocenceLicense Author:Jean Racine
“Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity?” ThinkingVirtueHolyInjusticeHolinessRighteousImpunity Author:Jean Racine
“To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.” VirtueHonorRuthlessness Author:Jean Racine
“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.” MayHas BeensAbleLawVirtueRightsCrimeLimitsDegreesSacredExtremesInnocence Author:Jean Racine
“Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.” FallGrowsStepsVirtueGuiltVicesInnocenceSmall Steps Author:Jean Racine