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

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

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. death

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands. marriage & women

The secret of success is sincerity. success

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half? men & women