117 Quotes by Jean Racine

The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.

There may be guilt when there is too much virtue.

Vice, like virtue, Grows in small steps, and no true innocence Can ever fall at once to deepest guilt.

She wavers, she hesitates: in a word, she is a woman.

Small crimes always precedes great ones.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

My only hope lies in my despair.

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.

The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.