"When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you."

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Source : Jean Anouilh (1958). “Jean Anouilh ... plays”

Jean Anouilh

#Past Quotes #Age Quotes #Half Quotes

“The overintellectualization of surrealism can be a bromide. A dream interpreted is a deflated dream.”
“I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and is always thrilling.”
“To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician first comes and announces the safety of the patient, then the sick man says: "Behold a God or a guardian angel!”
“Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.”
“Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness. [Rather] it is looking for condemned, guilty, speechless and helpless men whom it may save, sanctify and glorify.”
“Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.”
“The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changingâ€¦ not for a little while, at least.”
“It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding.”

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