In times of death and famine, reason is on the side of the priests-who have their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and, on occasion, invents them. Jean Giraudoux More Quotes by Jean Giraudoux More Quotes From Jean Giraudoux Human beings are like timid punctuation marks sprinkled among the incomprehensible sentences of life. Jean Giraudoux punctuation-marks sentences humans There are truths which can kill a nation. Jean Giraudoux nations truth The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. Jean Giraudoux betrayal trust funny Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man! Jean Giraudoux adults voice men There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. Jean Giraudoux heart love men Destiny is simply the relentless logic of each day we live. Jean Giraudoux logic destiny each-day The innocent one is he who does not explain, for whom life is both a mystery and a total light, one who does not complain... For innocence admits of neither regret nor dispute. The innocent one assumes all responsibility. Jean Giraudoux regret light responsibility It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for. Jean Giraudoux odd waiting people Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half? Jean Giraudoux half men believe When he (man) ceased any longer to heed the words of the seers and prophets, science lovingly brought forth the radio. Jean Giraudoux radio he-man men A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted. Jean Giraudoux women husband spring Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life. Jean Giraudoux horror dying death There's a kind of permission for war which can be given only by the world's mood and atmosphere, the feel of its pulse. It would be madness to undertake a war without that permission. Jean Giraudoux atmosphere would-be war To make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a great democratic institution-in fact, democracy's only success-the night. Jean Giraudoux democracy worry night Half the human race can change its name and sometimes its nation without suffering — at least half! All women! Jean Giraudoux race suffering names 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. Jean Giraudoux pimp agents giving 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? Jean Giraudoux oil garden tree 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. Jean Giraudoux weakness spring men 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. Jean Giraudoux rain rivers water Since I love you, my loneliness begins to throw you. Jean Giraudoux loneliness love-you
