"Everything ends this way in France — everything.……" — Jean Anouilh
"Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner."
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58 Quotes by Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh has 58 quotes on this site.
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Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
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Things are beautiful if you love them.
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Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
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Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life.
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Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.
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What you get free costs too much.
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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to…
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Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
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Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake,…
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There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
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A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
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