Jean Racine

"There may be guilt when there is too much virtue."

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Source: Andromaque act 2, sc. 1 (1667)

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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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