Foundation Quote by Jean Giraudoux

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

— Jean Giraudoux

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your…

— Jean Giraudoux

When a grown man reaches forty, we change him for an old one. He has completely disappeared. There's only the most superficial resemblance between…

— Jean Giraudoux

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made of the way we eat, the way we walk,…

— Jean Giraudoux

A wife loves out of duty, and duty leads to constraint, and constraint kills desire.

— Jean Giraudoux

A woman is a creature who has discovered her own nature.

— Jean Giraudoux

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow…

— Jean Giraudoux

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

— Jean Giraudoux

I don't like knowing about other people's feelings. There is nothing more embarrassing. Just as when you play cards and you see your opponent's…

— Jean Giraudoux

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

— Jean Giraudoux

Ask any soldier. To kill a man is to merit a woman.

— Jean Giraudoux

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…

— Jean Giraudoux