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Jean Anouilh Quotes

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Jean Anouilh
Life, Ourselves, Accepting
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.
Jean Anouilh
Work, Power, Mind
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
Jean Anouilh
Love, Gift, Above
Things are beautiful if you love them.
Jean Anouilh
Beauty, Love, Beautiful
What you get free costs too much.
Jean Anouilh
Free, Costs
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.
Jean Anouilh
Life, Art, Nice
Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life.
Jean Anouilh
Life, Love, Real
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
Life, Death, Saying
A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.
Jean Anouilh
Genius, Himself, Knows
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
Jean Anouilh
Beauty, God, Doubt
Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?
Jean Anouilh
Life, Almost, Happens
I like reality. It tastes like bread.
Jean Anouilh
Reality, Bread, Tastes
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
Jean Anouilh
Give, Themselves, Importance
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, History, Live
Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.
Jean Anouilh
Men, Courage, Real
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.
Jean Anouilh
Long, Move, Hands
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
Jean Anouilh
Life, Love, Enemy
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
Jean Anouilh
Love, Good, Anyone
All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them.
Jean Anouilh
Men, Evil, Die
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
Jean Anouilh
Fear, Afraid, Ugly
Every man thinks god is on his side.
Jean Anouilh
God, Side, Thinks
God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.
Jean Anouilh
Money, God, Everyone
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
Jean Anouilh
Courage, Greatness, Takes
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
Jean Anouilh
Life, Leaving, Order
Nothing is irreparable in politics.
Jean Anouilh
Politics, Nothing

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Biography

Nationality: French
Born: June 23, 1910
Died: October 3, 1987

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