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Quotation from Phaedra by Jean Racine

“Hippolytus can feel, but not for me”

Jean Racine (spoken by Phaedra)

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

Having come to save Hippolytus, Phaedra learns that he loves Aricia, and jealousy stops the confession she might have made.

Citation: "Hippolytus can feel, but not for me" — Jean Racine, Phaedra, Act IV, Scene V, trans. Robert Bruce Boswell (published before 1910). (id racine-phaedra-q9)

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