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

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and the house is never burgled and the shi...

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

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

When you are forty half of you belongs to the past. . . And when you are seventy nearly all of you...

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God! Is there anything uglier than a frightened man!

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

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and ask anyone the house is never burgled...

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Our entire life ... consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

What you get free costs too much.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

To say yes you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elb...

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

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

The object of art is to give life a shape.

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and la...

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True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave them.

Love is above all the gift of oneself.

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and ... the house is never burgled and the ...

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Love is above all else the gift of oneself.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented t...

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

I like reality. It tastes of bread.

It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me

I spit on your happiness! I spit on your idea of life--that life that must go on, come what may. You...

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Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Each of us has a day ... when he has to accept finally the fact that he is a man.

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Jean Anouilh

Dramatist

Born: 1910-06-23

Died: 1987-10-03

Jean Anouilh (23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist, screenwriter and translator.More