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Quotation by Jean Racine
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Jean Racine (63)Additional Sources
Abner to Jehoiada, in Athaliah (1691)Agrippina, in Britannicus (1669)an Israelite, in Esther (1689)Archas, in Iphigeneia (1674)Berenice (1670)Related Subjects
vices (21) beauty (12) women (12) love (9) morality (7) fame (7) reputations (6) goodness (6) sin (6) death (6)
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue.
Jean Racine (1639–1699), French playwright. Oenone, in Phaedra, act 3, sc. 3 (1677).
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