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

Quote by Jean Racine

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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:...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

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.

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

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...

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

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...

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?

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...

Too much virtue can be criminal.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

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

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

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.

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...

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.