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. Jean Giraudoux countryfightman Change image and share on social
Ask any soldier. To kill a man is to merit a woman. Jean Giraudoux killmanmerit Change image and share on social
One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace. Jean Giraudoux catastrophegreatprivilege Change image and share on social
I don't like knowing about other people's feelings. There is nothing more embarrassing. Just as when you play cards and you see your opponent's hand. You are sure to lose. Jean Giraudoux cardembarrassfeeling Change image and share on social
Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. Jean Giraudoux brutecallear Change image and share on social
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 exercisefreelyimagination Change image and share on social
A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal. Jean Giraudoux earthforgetimmortal Change image and share on social
A stock certificate is not a tool, like a shovel, or a commodity, like a pound of cheese. What we sell a customer is not a share in a business, but a view of the Elysian Fields. A financier is a creative artist. Our function is to stimulate the imagination. We are poets! Jean Giraudoux artistbusinesscertificate share on social
Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood. Jean Giraudoux airelementfalsehood Change image and share on social
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. Jean Giraudoux eternalflowerlife Change image and share on social
