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
When will the veil be lifted that casts so black a night over the universe? God of Israel, lift at last the gloom: For how long will you be hidden?
And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.
Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.
Ah, why can't I know if I love, or if I hate?
Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.
Les te moins sont fort chers, et n'en a pas qui veut. Witnesses are expensive and not everyone can afford them.
He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.
Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion.
The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.
There may be guilt when there is too much virtue.
Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.
She wavers, she hesitates: in a word, she is a woman.
Small crimes always precedes great ones.