Jean Giraudoux Quotes & Sayings

“There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.”

“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.”

“Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?”

“The secret of success is sincerity.”

“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

“I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am.”

“A stock certificate is not a tool, like a shovel, or a commodity, like a pound of cheese. What we sell a customer is not a share in a business, but a view of the Elysian Fields. A financier is a creative artist. Our function is to stimulate the imagination. We are poets!”

“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”

“Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.”

“Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.”