Jean Giraudoux Men Quotations

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

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.

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

Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit.

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

It would be better if only the old men fought the wars. Every country is the country of youth. When its youth dies, it dies with them.

The older we women grow, the more clearly we see what men really are: hypocrites, boasters, he-goats. The older men grow, the more they doll us up with every perfection.

When he (man) ceased any longer to heed the words of the seers and prophets, science lovingly brought forth the radio.

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.

All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.

Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!

During war we imprison the rights of man.

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

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.