Marcel Pagnol idézet

“Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sorrow.”

“So much is death obligatory that it is almost a formality.”

“Ambition is the wealth of the poor.”

“Whenever I go to the dock and look at the horizon, I am on the other side. If I see a boat on the ocean, it pulls me like a cord… like a belt pulling my sides, and I don’t know where I am, I cannot think of anything else…”

“Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.”

“A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.”

“One has to look out for engineers-they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.”

“The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.”