Quotes by Anouilh, Jean

Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming a >>

It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy >>

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not ju >>

Quotations about Heroes and Heroism

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors. >>

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. >>

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that >>

Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy --common clay, if you like --eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can't imagine dead. And then there are the others --the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.

Anouilh, Jean