What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating

Quote by Jean Anouilh

Topics: Excess Quotes, Poverty Quotes

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.

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

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

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively...

Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively...

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books...

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books...

All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of...

All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of...

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

What you get free costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has...

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has...

Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy...

Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy...

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

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...

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both...

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in...

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in...

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

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

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

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

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

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts