Quotes from Jean Racine

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

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

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.

He who ruleth the raging of the sea, knows also how to check the designs of the ungodly. I submit myself with reverence to His Holy Will. O Abner, I fear my God, and I fear none but Him.

Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.

Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.

He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. Submitting with respect to His holy will, I fear God, and have no other fear.

When will the veil be lifted that casts so black a night over the universe? God of Israel, lift at last the gloom: For how long will you be hidden?

Small crimes always precedes great ones.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

Without money honor is merely a disease.

By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight!

A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.

Hippolytus can feel, and feels nothing for me!

Extreme justice is often injustice.

To repair the irreparable ravages of time.

Innocence has nothing to dread.

It is no longer a passion hidden in my heart: it is Venus herself fastened to her prey.