Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it. Jean Anouilh More Quotes by Jean Anouilh More Quotes From Jean Anouilh With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil. Jean Anouilh tricks devil god Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is. Jean Anouilh powerful atheist men There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy. Jean Anouilh courses love enemy One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. Jean Anouilh strength grief sympathy 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. Jean Anouilh historical book reality Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write. Jean Anouilh talent writing Saintliness is also a temptation. Jean Anouilh saint temptation It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout - not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now. Jean Anouilh voice tragedy complaining What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating Jean Anouilh would-be fun long I don't want people to love me. It makes for obligations. Jean Anouilh want love people The true masters of the art of living are already happy. Jean Anouilh gratitude masters art Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner. Jean Anouilh dinner paris way A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it. Jean Anouilh obvious understood genius It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me Jean Anouilh bothered waiting 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. Jean Anouilh magic genius mind Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life. Jean Anouilh real love enemy Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some. Jean Anouilh nice life art Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? Jean Anouilh inheritance fabulous murder It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness even to be truly base. Jean Anouilh certain greatness courage We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down. Jean Anouilh ships poison house
