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Jean Anouilh

b: Bordeaux, France, Jun 23, 1910

d: Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct 3, 1987

French. Dramatist. Plays portray human condition with scorn, compassion: Antigone, 1944; Becket, 1960

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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.

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.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

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 will always be a lost dog somewhere that will prevent me from being happy.

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.