A tragedy need not have blood and death; it’s enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy. – Jean Racine
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. – Jean Racine
I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want. – Jean Racine
I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won’t; when you won’t, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination. – Jean Racine
My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled. – Jean Racine