“Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: wisdom
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Faithful women are all alike, they think
“Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: women
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The flower is the poetry of reproduction.
“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: nature
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Faithful women are all alike, they think
“Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: marriage
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Only the mediocre are always at their
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: best
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There is no better way of exercising
“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
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: imagination
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Education makes us more stupid than the
“Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: education
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Those who weep recover more quickly than
“Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: sympathy
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The flower is the poetry of reproduction.
“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: poetry
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Men should only believe half of what
“Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: women
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Men should only believe half of what
“Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: men
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