113 Quotes by Jean Giraudoux

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    The 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.

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    A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.

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    Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

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    A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

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    Nothing is ever so wrong in this world that a sensible woman can’t set it right in the course of an afternoon.

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