Jean Giraudoux
Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudouxwas 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...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth29 October 1882
CountryFrance
war rhyming impossible
As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.
country dying mud
Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?
names race suffering
Half the human race can change its name and sometimes its nation without suffering — at least half! All women!
years people woven
There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made of the way we eat, the way we walk, the way we greet people.
giving pimp agents
I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.
funny trust betrayal
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, youve got it made.
water secret substance
Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips.
death dying horror
Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life.
happiness pain giving
To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.
lying law duty
You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.
marriage wedding wife
A wife loves out of duty, and duty leads to constraint, and constraint kills desire.
marriage wedding husband
An agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord.
miracle logic kind
Their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and, on occasion,...
country fruit corruption
Countries are like fruit-the worms are always inside.