What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating

Quote by Jean Anouilh

Topics: Excess Quotes, Poverty Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Every man thinks god is on his side.

Every man thinks god is on his side.

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...

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

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...

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.

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!...

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...

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.

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will...

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will...

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,...

What you get free costs too much.

What you get free costs too much.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.