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It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

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Without money honor is merely a disease.

~Jean Racine

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

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Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

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Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

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Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

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I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

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

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The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Dramatist

Born: December 22nd, 1639

Died: April 21st, 1699

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