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Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?

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

Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve;Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit

Twas easier to disarm the god of strengthThan this Hippolytus, for HerculesYielded so often to the e...

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I have loved him too much not to hate

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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

A tragedy need not have blood and death it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness...

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Jean Racine

Dramatist

Born: 1639-12-22

Died: 1699-04-21

Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 – April 21, 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France (along with Molière and Pierre Corneille). Racine was primarily a tragedian, though he did write one comedy.More