Jean Racine Virtue Quotations

Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.