Quotes by Jean Racine

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve;Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit

I have loved him too much not to hate

Twas easier to disarm the god of strengthThan this Hippolytus, for HerculesYielded so often to the eyes of beauty,As to make triumph cheap.― Jean Racine, Phèdre

Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

A tragedy need not have blood and death its enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

“A tragedy need not have blood and death; its enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.”