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