Quotes from Jean Anouilh

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

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

Have you noticed that life, real honest-to-goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in the newspapers?

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

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.

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.

Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

The true masters of the art of living are already happy if they are not unhappy.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

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

You disgust me, all of you, with your happiness! With your life that must be loved at all costs. […] I spit on your idea of life! […] You are all like dogs that lick everything they smell! […] I do not want to understand. I am here for something other than understanding. I am here to tell you no, and to die. To tell you no and to die.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

A happy love is full of quarrels, you know.

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

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

Saintliness is also a temptation.

Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

Mourir, ce n'est rien. Commence donc par vivre. C'est moins drôle et c'est plus long." ("To die is nothing. Begin by living. It's less funny and lasts longer.") [ Roméo et Jeannette ]

C'est plein de disputes, un bonheur.

Il y a l'amour... Et puis il y a la vie, son ennemie.

My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part.

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