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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Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

Every man thinks god is on his side.

Every man thinks god is on his side.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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!...

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...

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

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

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side...

God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side...

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

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...

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...