Jean Racine

"A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt."

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Source: My favourite table. Interview with Toby Rose, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2008.

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Jean Racine

Jean Racine

Playwright, Poet

Jean Racine was a 17th-century French playwright known for his mastery of tragedy and exploration of human emotion, particularly in works like 'Phèdre'.

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