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Quotation from Phaedra by Jean Racine

“The daylight is not purer than my heart”

Jean Racine (spoken by Hippolytus)

Phaedra, Act IV, Scene II, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910)

Hippolytus defends himself to Theseus by appeal to his known chastity, refusing to name Phaedra out of reverence for his father.

Citation: "The daylight is not purer than my heart" — Jean Racine, Phaedra, Act IV, Scene II, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910). (id racine-phaedra-q7)

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