Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. Jean Racine More Quotes by Jean Racine More Quotes From Jean Racine There are no secrets that time does not reveal. Jean Racine secretdoe 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. Jean Racine eyefirelove-is The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one. Jean Racine artmovingfirsts Love is not dumb. The heart speaks many ways. Jean Racine dumbheartlove A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. Jean Racine malicenobleheart The face of tyranny Is always mild at first. Jean Racine tyrannyfacesfirsts Extreme justice is often injustice. Jean Racine extremesinjusticejustice Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity? Jean Racine holinessinjusticethinking My only hope lies in my despair. Jean Racine despairhopelying The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. Jean Racine renewallatinlove A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy. Jean Racine feeling-sadsadnessblood And forever goodbye! Forever! Oh, Sir, can you imagine how dreadful this cruel word sounds when one loves? Jean Racine forevertimegoodbye I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him. Jean Racine rivalsembrace Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license. Jean Racine innocencedegreesvirtue I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer. Jean Racine choicesdyingwaiting Innocence has nothing to dread. Jean Racine innocencedread 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. Jean Racine designragesea How admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His judges, nor of His executioners. They report the facts without a single reflection. They comment neither on their Master's mildness when He was smitten, nor on His constancy in the hour of His ignominious death, which they thus describe: "And they crucified Jesus. Jean Racine biblebeautifuljesus It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends. Jean Racine maximsall-thingscommon The heart that can no longer love passionately must with fury hate. Jean Racine hatebreak-upheart
