Jean Giraudoux Quotes

Jean Giraudoux — French Dramatist born on October 29, 1882, died on January 31, 1944

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy. Giraudoux's dominant theme is the relationship between man and woman—or in some cases, between man and some unattainable ideal... (wikipedia)

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.

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

The secret of success is sincerity.

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

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 Quotes

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