Too much virtue can be criminal.

Quote by Jean Racine

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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

Without money honor is merely a disease.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

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.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

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...

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...

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.