Jean Racine Quotes
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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.
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He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.
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To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.
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All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune.
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The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.
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Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!
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I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer.
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I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.
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Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.
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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.
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Small crimes always precedes great ones.
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Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?
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According as the man is, so must you humour him.
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And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?
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If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
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The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
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The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.
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Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.
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He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. Submitting with respect to His holy will, I fear God, and have no other fear.
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And forever goodbye! Forever! Oh, Sir, can you imagine how dreadful this cruel word sounds when one loves?
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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.
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The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
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Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.
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On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.
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How good is God! How sweet his yoke!
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Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.
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A single word often betrays a great design.
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Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.
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The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.
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You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.
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