Quote of the day
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.
Jean Racine
Born: December 22, 1639
Died: April 21, 1699 (aged 59)
Bio: Jean Racine, baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine, was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition.
Known for:
- Phèdre (1677)
- Andromaque (1668)
- Berenice (1671)
- Iphigénie (1674)
- Bajazet (1672)