Jean Racine

"He who ruleth the raging of the sea, knows also how to check the designs of the ungodly. I submit myself with reverence to His Holy Will. O Abner, I fear my God, and I fear none but Him."

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Source: Three Plays: Andromache, Phaedra, Athaliah.

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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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