Jean Racine

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

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

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.

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.

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?