Quotes from Jean Anouilh

In matters of money there's no such thing as enough.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.

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

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

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

Beauty, real beauty, is something very grave. If there is a God, He must be partly that.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

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

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

We have found other terms far less vague than the old ones to designate the same complaints. It's a great advance linguistically.

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

One can make one's life a complete misery, worrying about burglaries and shipwrecks, but ask anyone, anyone you know ... earth-shattering disasters and fabulous inheritances all seems to take place exclusively in the newspapers.

Everything ends this way in France. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, affairs of state -- everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.

However tight I shut my eyes, there will always be a stray dog somewhere in the world who'll stop me being happy.

All children are sweet at five. But at twelve they begin to get silly.

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

In matters of money there's no such thing as enough.

Anything may happen in this watering-place. Intrigues spring up under one's very feet like so much jungle vegetation.

Listen to that--just listen to that. It puffs, it pants, it wheezes, it yanks its damn carcass up step by step--who'd ever believe that on stage it's a young girl.

One can be a patriot, you know, without making one's wife join the breadline.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

Confound it, Madam, my head is out of bounds! It's the one spot where I can have a bit of peace!