117 Quotes by Jean Racine

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

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.

Est-ce ainsi que vos yeux consolent ma disgrâce?

I have loved him too much not to hate

Homine imperito nunquam quidquam injustius. [There is nothing more unfair than an ignoramus.]

Mourons : de tant d’horreurs qu’un trépas me délivre.Est-ce un malheur si grand que de cesser de vivre ?La mort aux malheureux ne cause point d’effroi :Je ne crains que le nom que je laisse après moi

Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?

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

How little do the lips and heart agree! How joyfully do people break their word! We both are strangers in a foreign land.