Jean Racine Quotes

Un bienfait reproché tient toujours lieu d’offense.

Ariane, my sister, wounded by what love,
You died on the shores where you were abandoned.

Je l'ai trop aimé pour ne le point haïr!

I loved him too much not to hate him at all!

Tout m'afflige et me nuit, et conspire à me nuire.

Pour réparer des ans l'irréparable outrage.

Behind a veil, unseen yet present,
I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.

C'est toi qui l'as nommé.

L'innocence enfin n'a rien à redouter.

Dieu des Juifs, tu l'emportes!

All afflicts and injures me, and conspires to my injury.

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees;
And timid innocence was never known
To blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Aux petits des oiseaux il donne leur pâture,
Et sa bonté s’étend sur toute la nature.

God of the Jews, you prevail!

You have named him, not I.