Author: Jean Giraudoux

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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

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

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

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

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

- 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

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

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

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

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