Jean Anouilh

Quotes by Jean Anouilh

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Playwright · French · 1910–1987

French playwright (1910–1987)

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“We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.”
— Jean Anouilh
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“Il y aura toujours un chien perdu quelque part qui m'empêchera d'être heureux.”
— Jean Anouilh

“Mourir, ce n'est rien. Commence donc par vivre. C'est moins drôle et c'est plus long.”
— Jean Anouilh

“On ne peut pleurer pour le monde entier : C'est au-delà des forces humaines. Il faut choisir !”
— Jean Anouilh

“When you're forty, half of you belongs to the past — and when you're seventy, nearly all of you.”
— Jean Anouilh

“Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?”
— Jean Anouilh