Author: Jean Giraudoux

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One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

- Jean Giraudoux

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

- Jean Giraudoux

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

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

- Jean Giraudoux

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.

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

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am.

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

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

- Jean Giraudoux

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

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

- Jean Giraudoux

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

- Jean Giraudoux

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

- Jean Giraudoux

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