Author: Jean Giraudoux

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

- Jean Giraudoux

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