Author: Jean Giraudoux

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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

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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