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
It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.
My only hope lies in my despair.
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.
Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.
I can hear those glances that you think are silent.
You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.
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.
The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.
He who ruleth the raging of the sea, knows also how to check the designs of the ungodly. I submit myself with reverence to His Holy Will. O Abner, I fear my God, and I fear none but Him.
By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight!
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.
Some smaller crimes always precede the great crimes.