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30 quotes by Jean Racine

French literature by category French literary history Medieval Renaissance 17th 18th 19th 20th century Contemporary French writers Chronological list Writers by category Essayists Novelists Playwrights Poets Short story writers Portals France French language Literature French/Francophone literature v t e Jean Racine (French: [ʒɑ ʁasin]), baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699), was a French dramatist, one...
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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

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The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

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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.

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A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.

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I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

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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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On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

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It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

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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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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.

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Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

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Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

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Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

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