Author: Jean Giraudoux

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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

It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them.

It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them.

- Jean Giraudoux

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

- 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

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