Jean Racine
Jean Racine
Jean Racine, baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine, was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie, although he did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth22 December 1639
CountryFrance
Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.
The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.
Innocence has nothing to dread.
Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.
Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.
I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.
I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.
But without money honor is nothing but a malady
He who has far to ride spares his horse.
Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.