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.

Quote by Jean Anouilh

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no...

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no...

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.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

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...

What you get free costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

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...

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.

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...

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!...

When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are...

When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are...

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

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...

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.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to...

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to...