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We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and ask anyone the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and ask anyone the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Jean Anouilh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Jean Anouilh, based on documented lifetime 1910 to 1987. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179025 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179025 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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