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“ Twas easier to disarm the god of strengthThan this Hippolytus, for HerculesYielded so often to the eyes of beauty,As to make triumph cheap.― Jean Racine, Phèdre ”

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Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

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Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve;Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit

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A tragedy need not have blood and death, it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

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I have loved him too much not to hate

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