Jean Anouilh quotes

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is. (Jean Anouilh)
Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself. View quote
Jean Anouilh
Saintliness is also a temptation. View quote
Jean Anouilh
When you're forty, half of you belongs to the past - and when you're seventy, nearly all of you. View quote
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But one cannot weep for the entire world. It is beyond human strength. One must choose. View quote
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Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? View quote
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Things are beautiful if you love them. View quote
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There will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me being happy. View quote
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There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy. View quote
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It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me. View quote
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Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. (Jean Anouilh)
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way. View quote
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To die is nothing. Begin by living. It's less funny and lasts longer. View quote
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It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness even to be truly base. View quote
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The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it. View quote
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God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies. View quote
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What you get free costs too much. View quote
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Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. View quote
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Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write. View quote
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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. View quote
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Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it. (Jean Anouilh)
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life. View quote
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Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are. View quote
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Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path. View quote
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I like reality. It tastes like bread. View quote
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