List of Jean Giraudoux Quotes

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.

Who Would Prefer Peace To The Glory Of Hunger And Thirst, Of Wading Through Mud, And Dying In The Service Of One's Country?

As Soon As War Is Declared It Will Be Impossible To Hold The Poets Back. Rhyme Is Still The Most Effective Drum.

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.

I Have Been A Woman For Fifty Years, And I've Never Yet Been Able To Discover Precisely What It Is I Am.

A Woman Is A Creature Who Has Discovered Her Own Nature.

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.

All The Evil In The World Is The Fault Of The Self-styled Pure In Heart, A Result Of Their Eagerness To Unearth Secrets And Expose Them To The Light Of The Sun.

Those Who Weep Recover More Quickly Than Those Who Smile.

A Man Has Only One Way Of Being Immortal On Earth: He Has To Forget He Is A Mortal.

Falsehood Is The Jockey Of Misfortune.

In War-time A Man Is Called A Hero. It Doesn't Make Him Any Braver, And He Runs For His Life. But At Least It's A Hero Who Is Running Away.