Jean Giraudoux's Quotes

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

Jean Giraudoux

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

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.

Jean Giraudoux

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

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.

Jean Giraudoux

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

Jean Giraudoux

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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.

Jean Giraudoux

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Jean Giraudoux