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To repair the irreparable ravages of time.

Jean Racine

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees;
And timid innocence was never known
To blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Jean Racine

All afflicts and injures me, and conspires to my injury.

Jean Racine

Hâtons-nous aujourd'hui de jouir de la vie. Qui sait si nous serons demain?

Jean Racine

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

Jean Racine

I loved him too much not to hate him at all!

Jean Racine

I have loved him too much not to feel any hatred for him.

Jean Racine

Behind a veil, unseen yet present,
I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.

Jean Racine

It is no longer a passion hidden in my heart:
It is Venus herself fastened to her prey.

Jean Racine

You are Emperor, my lord, and yet you weep?

Jean Racine

It's no longer a burning within my veins: it's Venus entire latched onto her prey.

Jean Racine

Ariane, my sister, wounded by what love,
You died on the shores where you were abandoned.

Jean Racine

Jean Racine

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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)

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