Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk
Jean Giraudoux Novelist
Gender: Male
Citizenship: France
Born: Oct 29, 1882
Died: Jan 31, 1944
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was 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.
Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.
education & wisdom
Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?
men & women
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
nature & poetry
Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.
smile & sympathy