Jean Racine
Jean Racine
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. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie, although he did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth22 December 1639
CountryFrance
He who has far to ride spares his horse.
Innocence has nothing to dread.
The faith that acts not, is it truly faith?
Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.
Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before.
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.
If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.
Without money honor is merely a disease.
Small crimes always precedes great ones.
It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.
Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?
To repair the irreparable ravages of time.
Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.