To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

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...

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

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.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

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...

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...

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...

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.