Creative Quotations from . . .
Jean Racine
(1639-1699) born on
Dec 20
French dramatist. His plays included the tragedy "Andromaque," 1667 and "Les Plaideurs," 1668.
         
   
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F
Day is not purer than the depths of my heart. (Le jour n'est pas plus pur que le fond de mon coeur.)

R
It is no longer a heat concealed in my blood, it is Venus herself grasping her prey. (Ce n'est plus une ardeur dans mes veines cachée:
C'est Vénus toute entière à sa proie attachée.)
A
Small crimes always precedes great ones.
N
I loved you when you were inconstant. What should I have done if you had been faithful? (Je t'aimais inconstant, qu'aurais-je fait fidèle?)
K
Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him. (Ah! je l'ai trop aimé pour ne le point haïr!)
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: Phèdre, IV. ii. 1112
R: Phèdre, II. v. 304
A: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
N: Andromaque, IV. v. 1365
K: Andromaque, II. i. 416
 

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