I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

Quote by Jean Racine

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

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

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity...

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity...

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better...

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better...

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us:...

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us:...

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

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

In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter...

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter...

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am...

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am...

It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

According as the man is, so must you humour him.

According as the man is, so must you humour him.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

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

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

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

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

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

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Without money honor is merely a disease.