Quotes by
Henri Jeanson |
1900-1970 , French critic & columnist
Jeanson worked for several papers including the People's Journal , Hommes du Jour and the Canard enchaîné, where he defended complete pacifism.While Jeanson was feared in the art and political worlds for his deadly prose, he was also at the forefront of leading great political struggles, over pacifism , anticolonialism , defending freedom of expression , always remaining a free spirit.
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Quotations
| • | When a woman tells the truth, it is to disguise a lie. 6 |
| • | Democracy is when the doorbell rings at six in the morning and it’s the milkman! 5 |
| • | A first impression is always right, especially when it is bad. 4 |
| • | Better to touch money than wood, because money is more likely to ward off bad luck than wood. 3 |
| • | The war justifies the existence of the army. By destroying it. |
| • | Maybe I am shortsighted and a little deaf, like any self-respecting critic. |
| • | Marriage based on love is not serious business. |
| • | It is not that money does not smell, it is that man does not smell it. |
| • | Work! It’s good for those who have nothing to do. |
| • | Any profession that does not make you forget about work is slavery. |
| • | You don't make good literature with good feelings. So the Bible, what a masterpiece! |
| • | If we did not suffer from time to time, happiness would no longer be bearable. |
| • | Freedom is a bit like money. It is not enough to be rich to know how to spend. |
| • | When you abuse your power, you are a coward. |
| • | A great career today is measured by the number of failures. |
| • | Prudence is the modesty of cowards. |
| • | A poet is someone who tries to grab the water by handfuls. It is only when he succeeds that he is a poet. |
| • | On the floor we argue, but in bed we explain. And on the pillow, we understand each other! |
| • | Who would deny that sound cinema has made us discover silence? Silence is the most beautiful conquest of speaking. |
| • | I am not skeptical. I don't believe in anything, but I firmly believe in it … |
Funny Quotes
| • | Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man, while Marxism is the opposite. 8 |
| • | Without the police, everyone would kill each other and there would be no more war. |
| • | From the day that God put man in the presence of woman, paradise became hell. |
