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
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.
destiny each-day logic
Destiny is simply the relentless logic of each day we live.
death retirement pay
Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay.
men later-in-life evil
All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.
garden oil tree
Is a park any better than a coal mine? What's a mountain got that a slag pile hasn't? What would you rather have in your garden--an almond tree or an oil well?