Best Jean Giraudoux Quotes
- Government defines the physical aspects of man by means of The Printed Form, so that for every man in the flesh there is an exactly… Aspect
- In times of death and famine, reason is on the side of the priests-who have their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and,… Clergy
- Countries are like fruit-the worms are always inside. Always Inside
- Destiny is simply the relentless logic of each day we live. Day
- Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay. Death
- In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a… Any
- Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune. Falsehood
- To have money is to be virtuous, honest, beautiful and witty And to be without is to be ugly and boring and stupid and useless. Beautiful
- The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes. Counts
- To make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a… Advantage
- All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose… All
- Women have no sense of the abstract-a woman admiring the sky is a woman caressing the sky. In a woman's mind beauty is something she… Abstract
- During war we imprison the rights of man. Imprison
- Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood. Air
- I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am. Able
- Only the mediocre die always at their best. Real leaders are always improving - and raising their bar on how superbly they can perform and… Always Improving
- Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take… Business
- All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others. All
- 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...… Admits
- Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands. Alike
- Only the mediocre are always at their best. Best
- I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. Afraid
- 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,… Admirer
- One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace. Catastrophe
- 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… Better