Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books -- but it is terrible when one has to live it.
Source: In The Penquin Dictionary Modern Humorous Quotations, by Fred Metclaf, 1986.
-- Jean Anouilh, (Jun 23 1910-1987), French dramatist, screenwriter; He was one of the strongest personalities of the French theatre whose plays expressed personal messages and grudges against specific persons.