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Becket Becket by Jean Anouilh
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“Saintliness is also a temptation.”
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
“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