I know the fury of your jealous suspicions, But I have too … - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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I know the fury of your jealous suspicions,
But I have too much virtue to fear my husband.

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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(13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian. He is sometimes known as Crébillon père or Crébillon le Tragique to distinguish him from his son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Crébillon the Gay).

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Je connais la fureur de tes soupçons jaloux,
Mais j'ai trop de vertu pour craindre mon époux.

At the court of a tyrant, whether usurped or legitimate, the least suspicion always amounts to crime, and to be suspected is to be proscribed.

Crime is aye crime, and beauty ne'er can be
A veil to cover its deformity.

I know the fury of your jealous suspicions, But I have too much virtue to fear my husband. - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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