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

Quote by Jean Anouilh

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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...

What you get free costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

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

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

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will...

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will...

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...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house...

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house...

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...

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.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

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

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

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

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

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

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

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

Temptation to behave is terrible

Temptation to behave is terrible

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.