I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.
Jean GiraudouxWho would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?
Jean GiraudouxI'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.
Jean GiraudouxTo make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a great democratic institution-in fact, democracy's only success-the night.
Jean GiraudouxSadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.
Jean GiraudouxIn 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.
Jean GiraudouxHalf the human race can change its name and sometimes its nation without suffering — at least half! All women!
Jean GiraudouxThere is nothing so wrong in this world that a sensible woman can't set it right in the course of an afternoon.
Jean GiraudouxFaithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.
Jean GiraudouxEducation makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.
Jean GiraudouxThe brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once‚ at least‚ the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.
Jean Giraudoux