Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
Jean Anouilh
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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
God is on everyone's sideÉ and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
Nothing is irreparable in politics.
Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life.
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.
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.
Saintliness is also a temptation.
Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.
The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
Things are beautiful if you love them.
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.
Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
What you get free costs too much.
With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.
You know very well that love is, above all, the gift of oneself!
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