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.

Quote by Jean Anouilh

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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,...

Every man thinks god is on his side.

Every man thinks god is on his side.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

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...

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

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.

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...

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

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

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

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...

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

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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