How admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His judges, nor of His executioners. They report the facts without a single reflection. They comment neither on their Master's mildness when He was smitten, nor on His constancy in the hour of His ignominious death, which they thus describe: "And they crucified Jesus.
All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune. - Jean Racine
All is asleep: the army, the wind, and Neptune.
- Jean Racine
He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday. - Jean Racine
He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.
Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation. - Jean Racine
Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation.
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. - Jean Racine
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.
I can hear those glances that you think are silent. - Jean Racine
I can hear those glances that you think are silent.
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. - Jean Racine
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.
Justice in the extreme is often unjust. - Jean Racine
Justice in the extreme is often unjust.
Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants. - Jean Racine
Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.
The face of tyranny Is always mild at first. - Jean Racine
The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.
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