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

Quote by Jean Racine

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

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

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.

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...

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

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...

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...

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:...

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

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?

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

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.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

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 embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

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...

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

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...