It is no longer a passion hidden in my heart:
It is Venus herself fastened to her prey.

— Jean Racine Phèdre (1677)

Ce n'est plus une ardeur dans mes veines cachée:
C'est Vénus tout entière à sa proie attachée.

Original text (French)

Notes from Wikiquote

Phèdre, act I, scene III.

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