Jean Racine

"Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before."

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Source: Athalie. Book by Jean Racine, II. 6, 1691.

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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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