# Quote — Jean Racine, Phèdre

> You have named him, not I.

- Author: [Jean Racine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-racine.md)
- Book: [Phèdre](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-racine/phedre.md)
- Original (fr): C'est toi qui l'as nommé.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Racine#Ph%C3%A8dre_(1677)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-racine/phedre/you-have-named

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> Innocence has nothing to dread.

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> Crime, like virtue, has its degrees;
>
> And timid innocence was never known
>
> To blossom suddenly into extreme license.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-racine/phedre/crime-like-virtue.md)

> Ariane, my sister, wounded by what love,
>
> You died on the shores where you were abandoned.

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