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Jean Giraudoux Quotes

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum Picture Quote #1

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man Picture Quote #1

The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don’t require an acetylene torch Picture Quote #1

It’s odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for Picture Quote #1

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I’ve never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am Picture Quote #1

Everyone, when there’s war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood Picture Quote #1

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I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management Picture Quote #1

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal Picture Quote #1

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible Picture Quote #1

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth Picture Quote #1

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light Picture Quote #1

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom Picture Quote #1

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We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth Picture Quote #1

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome Picture Quote #1

Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too Picture Quote #1

To win a woman in the first place one must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her. Finally, so she will allow you to leave her, you’ve got to annoy her Picture Quote #1

A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted Picture Quote #1

Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations Picture Quote #1

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The innocent one is he who does not explain, for whom life is both a mystery and a total light, one who does not complain... For innocence admits of neither regret nor dispute. The innocent one assumes all responsibility Picture Quote #1

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made of the way we eat, the way we walk, the way we greet people Picture Quote #1

To win a woman in the first place you must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her, finally, so that she will let you leave her, you’ve got to antagonise her Picture Quote #1

The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don’t require an acetylene torch Picture Quote #1

I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don’t believe that they are great brooding presences watching over us; I believe they are completely absent minded Picture Quote #1

An agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord Picture Quote #1

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To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that’s the greatest human happiness Picture Quote #1

A man’s name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself Picture Quote #1

Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips Picture Quote #1

Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one’s country? Picture Quote #1

There’s a kind of permission for war which can be given only by the world’s mood and atmosphere, the feel of its pulse. It would be madness to undertake a war without that permission Picture Quote #1

The man who discovers a woman’s weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it Picture Quote #1

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As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don’t require an acetylene torch (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) It’s odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) I have been a woman for fifty years, and I’ve never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Everyone, when there’s war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) To win a woman in the first place one must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her. Finally, so she will allow you to leave her, you’ve got to annoy her (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) The innocent one is he who does not explain, for whom life is both a mystery and a total light, one who does not complain... For innocence admits of neither regret nor dispute. The innocent one assumes all responsibility (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made of the way we eat, the way we walk, the way we greet people (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) To win a woman in the first place you must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her, finally, so that she will let you leave her, you’ve got to antagonise her (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don’t require an acetylene torch (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don’t believe that they are great brooding presences watching over us; I believe they are completely absent minded (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) An agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that’s the greatest human happiness (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) A man’s name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one’s country? (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) There’s a kind of permission for war which can be given only by the world’s mood and atmosphere, the feel of its pulse. It would be madness to undertake a war without that permission (Jean Giraudoux Quotes) The man who discovers a woman’s weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it (Jean Giraudoux Quotes)

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