Jean Racine
France
22 Dec 1639 // 21 Apr 1699
Dramatist / Poet / Writer
22 Dec 1639 // 21 Apr 1699
Dramatist / Poet / Writer
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He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday
But without money honor is nothing but a malady
But innocence has nothing to dread
A single word often betrays a great design
Silent anguish is the more dangerous
This feeling of distrust is always the last which a great mind acquires; he is deceived for a long time
Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights; crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness
None love, but they who wish to love
Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation
A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays