Author: Jean Racine

Quotes

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

- Jean Racine

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

- Jean Racine

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

- Jean Racine

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

- Jean Racine

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

- 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.

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 know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.

- Jean Racine

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

- Jean Racine

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