Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. (Jean Anouilh, "Antigone")
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)
What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating. (Jean Anouilh)
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. (Jean Anouilh)
Nothing is irreparable in politics. (Jean Anouilh)
A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it. (Jean Anouilh)
Every man thinks god is on his side. (Jean Anouilh)
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy. (Jean Anouilh)
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. (Jean Anouilh)
Inspiration a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance. (Jean Anouilh)
Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? (Jean Anouilh)
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God. (Jean Anouilh)
I like reality. It tastes like bread. (Jean Anouilh)
Life is a child playing round your feet, a tool you hold firmly in your grip, a bench you sit down upon in the evening, in your garden. (Jean Anouilh)
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)