Jean Giraudoux - Man Quotes

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The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it.

Jean Giraudoux

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

Jean Giraudoux

In wartime 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 Giraudoux

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

Jean Giraudoux

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal.

Jean Giraudoux

Government defines the physical aspects of man by means of The Printed Form, so that for every man in the flesh there is an exactly corresponding man on paper.

Jean Giraudoux