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 More Quotes by Jean Giraudoux More Quotes From Jean Giraudoux A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe, a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible. Jean Giraudoux space house golf Countries are like fruit-the worms are always inside. Jean Giraudoux fruit corruption country I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am. Jean Giraudoux able fifty years 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. Jean Giraudoux brave men war Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations. Jean Giraudoux foundation rocks girl Born enemies don't fight. Nations you would say were designed to go to war against each other by their skins, their language, their smell; always jealous of each other, always hating each other; they're not the ones who fight. You will find the real antagonists in nations fate has groomed and made ready for the same war. Jean Giraudoux hate real war Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too. Jean Giraudoux wells dies country Each day the worst of our faults, our deficiencies, our crimes, the truth of our lives, is stifled under a triple layer of forgetfulness, death and the ordinary course of justice. Jean Giraudoux each-day ordinary justice During war we imprison the rights of man. Jean Giraudoux rights men war Women have no sense of the abstract-a woman admiring the sky is a woman caressing the sky. In a woman's mind beauty is something she needs to touch. Jean Giraudoux women mind sky I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are great brooding presences watching over us; I believe they are completely absent minded. Jean Giraudoux brooding agnosticism believe You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody. Jean Giraudoux duty law lying A wife loves out of duty, and duty leads to constraint, and constraint kills desire. Jean Giraudoux wedding marriage wife Their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and, on occasion. Jean Giraudoux logic miracle kind Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country? Jean Giraudoux hunger-and-thirst dying country As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum. Jean Giraudoux rhyming impossible war The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch. Jean Giraudoux soul play mean A woman is a creature who has discovered her own nature. Jean Giraudoux creatures Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile. Jean Giraudoux smile condolences sympathy A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal. Jean Giraudoux demise earth men
