Jean Racine

Film & Theater France 1639 – 1699 74 quotes

Classical tragedian of Phèdre, Racine's alexandrines captured quotable passions of jealousy.

Quotes by Jean Racine

Words are the voice of the heart.

Aphorism

In the silence of the night, truth speaks loudest.

Andromaque 1667

Theater is the mirror of the soul.

Speech

Fate is the hunter, we are the prey.

Bérénice 1670

Passion blinds, reason enlightens.

Britannicus 1669

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Correspondence

The muse of tragedy weeps for us all.

Bajazet 1672

Heartache is the price of love.

Phèdre 1677

Wit without wisdom is folly.

Witty remark

Life's greatest drama is within.

Personal letter

The playwright's task is to move the heart.

Esther 1689

Despair is the shadow of hope.

Andromaque 1667

True friends stab you in the front.

Aphorism

In death, we find the peace life denies.

Deathbed words 1699