But innocence has nothing to dread.
—Jean Racine
Topics: Innocence
Without money honor is merely a disease.
—Jean Racine
Topics: Honor
He who bridles the fury of the billows, knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked.—Submitting to His holy will, I fear God; I have no other fear.
—Jean Racine
Topics: God
My only hope lies in my despair.
—Jean Racine
Topics: Hope
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.
—Jean Racine
Topics: Innocence
It’s no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it’s Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.
—Jean Racine
Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?
—Jean Racine
Topics: Belief, Faith
The feeling of distrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.
—Jean Racine
A single word often betrays a great design.
—Jean Racine
Topics: Words, Design
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
—Jean Racine
Topics: Crime
The happiness of the wicked passes away like a torrent.
—Jean Racine
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