Jean Racine Quotes about Innocence

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Innocence has nothing to dread.

Innocence, Dread

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 395-96, Phèdre, III. 6, 1922.

Crime like virtue has its degrees; and timid innocence was never known to blossom suddenly into extreme license.

Degrees, Innocence, Virtue

This innocence begins to weigh me down.

Innocence

"Three Plays: Andromache, Phaedra, Athaliah".

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

Heart, Depth, Innocence

Phedre act 4, sc. 2 (1677)

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

Innocence, Crime, Extremes