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
country dies men
It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them.
deceive form love men unless wives
Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit.
clearly doll men older women
The older we women grow, the more clearly we see what men really are: hypocrites, boasters, he-goats. The older men grow, the more they doll us up with every perfection.
believe men half
Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?
men radio he-man
When he (man) ceased any longer to heed the words of the seers and prophets, science lovingly brought forth the radio.
men way demise
A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal.
mean men paper
Government defines the physical aspects of man by means of The Printed Form, so that for every man in the flesh there is an exactly corresponding man on paper.
men later-in-life evil
All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.
men voice want
Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!
war men brave
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.
war men rights
During war we imprison the rights of man.
love heart men
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.
men class names
A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.
spring men weakness
The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it.