Jean Racine Quotes - Page 4

The faith that acts not, is it truly faith?

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Some smaller crimes always precede the great crimes.

The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.

Too much virtue can be criminal.

Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

What does it matter if, by chance, a little vile blood be spilled?

Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

And do you count for nothing God who fights for us?