If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.

Quote by Jean Racine

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A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled...

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled...

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

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...

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do...

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do...

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules...

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules...

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

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

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

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

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

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...

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

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

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

Too much virtue can be criminal.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

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...

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...