Jean Racine Quotes - Page 4

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• If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.

  Jean Racine

  Believe, Said, Sincerely

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• Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

  Jean Racine

  Justice, Unjust, Extremes

  "La Thébaïde". Book by Jean Racine, Act 4, sc. 3, June 20, 1664.

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• By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight!

  Jean Racine

  Suicide, Passion, Flames

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• Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

  Jean Racine

  Misery, Exceed

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• Hippolytus can feel, and feels nothing for me!

  Jean Racine

  Jealousy, Passion, Feels

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• Ah, why can't I know if I love, or if I hate?

  Jean Racine

  Hate, Passion, Knows

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• The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

  Jean Racine

  Eye, Names, Shame

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• Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

  Jean Racine

  Innocence, Crime, Extremes

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• And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?

  Jean Racine

  Faith, Fighting, Religion

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• The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.

  Jean Racine

  Mother, Crime, Burden

  Jean Racine (1885). “Racine's Phèdre, literally tr. by R. Mongan”

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• Some smaller crimes always precede the great crimes.

  Jean Racine

  Evil, Crime

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• The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.

  Jean Racine

  Heart, Depth, Innocence

  Phedre act 4, sc. 2 (1677)

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• Too much virtue can be criminal.

  Jean Racine

  Criminals, Too Much, Virtue

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• Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

  Jean Racine

  Degrees, Virtue, Crime

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• What does it matter if, by chance, a little vile blood be spilled?

  Jean Racine

  War, Blood, Violence

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• Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.

  Jean Racine

  Fruit, Second Marriage, Suspicion

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 771-72, Phèdre, II. 5, 1922.

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