"There are no secrets that time does not reveal."
"Often it is fatal to live too long."
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Source: La Thébaïde. Book by Jean Racine, Act 4, sc. 3, June 20, 1664.
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Jean Racine
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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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