The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
Jean RacineHave there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.
Jean RacineHow admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His judges, nor of His executioners. They report the facts without a single reflection. They comment neither on their Master's mildness when He was smitten, nor on His constancy in the hour of His ignominious death, which they thus describe: "And they crucified Jesus.
Jean Racine