We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.

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.

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

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...

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

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!...

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

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

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 you get free costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

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...

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

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!...

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life.

Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life.

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood...