Without money honor is merely a disease.

Quote by Jean Racine

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Too much virtue can be criminal.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

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

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

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

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...

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...

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

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...

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...

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

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...

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 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!

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:...

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

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.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

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...

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.