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Quotation from Phaedra by Jean Racine

“No remedy could cure the wounds of love”

Jean Racine (spoken by Phaedra)

Phaedra, Act I, Scene III, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910)

From the long confession to Oenone describing her attempts to cure her passion by building a shrine to Venus and offering sacrifices.

Citation: "No remedy could cure the wounds of love" — Jean Racine, Phaedra, Act I, Scene III, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910). (id racine-phaedra-q3)

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