Author: Jean Anouilh

Quotes

Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.

Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.

- Jean Anouilh

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

- Jean Anouilh

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.

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.

- Jean Anouilh

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

- Jean Anouilh

Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.

Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.

- Jean Anouilh

What you get free costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

- Jean Anouilh

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

- Jean Anouilh

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

- Jean Anouilh

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.

- Jean Anouilh

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