Becket Quotes

“Saintliness is also a temptation.”
― Jean Anouilh, Becket

“Sire, depuis que nous avons cessé de nous voir, je n'ai cessé de lui parler.”
― Jean Anouilh, Becket ou l'honneur de dieu

“One must never drive one's enemy to despair; it makes him strong. Gentleness is better politics. It saps virility. A good occupational force must never crush: it must corrupt.”
― Jean Anouilh, Becket

“Why must you destroy all of my illusions?'
'Because you should have none, my prince.”
― Jean Anouilh, Becket

“One hates what one wrongs.”
― Jean Anouilh, Becket