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Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist born on October 29, 1882, and died on January 31, 1944. His works are known for their unique humor and profound insight, and are considered classics of French literature.

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Famous Jean Giraudoux Quotes

“Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.”

World Littles Business Taken Cutting Pimp

Book:The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts

Source: The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two Acts

“Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations.”

Ifs World Young Girl Rocks Foundation Guilty Protected

Book:Three plays

Source: Three plays

“A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted.”

Men World Looks Book Speak Women Divine Lovers Husband Spring Faithful Revelations Deceiving Perfume Good Book Earthquakes Divine Revelation

Book:Three plays

Source: Three plays

“There is nothing so wrong in this world that a sensible woman can't set it right in the course of an afternoon.”

World Courses This World Afternoon Sensible

Book:The play as theater

Source: The play as theater

“To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.”

World Giving Humans Pain Happiness Joy Certain One Thing Hug Bosoms Human Happiness

Book:Jean Giraudoux: FOUR PLAYS, ADAPTED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAURICE VALENCY

Source: Jean Giraudoux: FOUR PLAYS, ADAPTED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAURICE VALENCY

“There's a kind of permission for war which can be given only by the world's mood and atmosphere, the feel of its pulse. It would be madness to undertake a war without that permission.”

World Feels Kind War Would Be Given Conflict Madness Mood Atmosphere Permission Pulse

Book:Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels

Source: Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels

“All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose them to the light of the sun.”

World Heart Self Light Evil Results Secret Sun Pure Faults Reform Eagerness

Book:Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux

Source: Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux

About the Author

Born: October 29, 1882
Died: January 31, 1944
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 71

Books & Sources

Collected Plays of Jean GiradouxRelated source material

Three playsRelated source material

Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angelsRelated source material

The Madwoman of Chaillot: Comedy in Two ActsRelated source material

The play as theaterRelated source material

Choice of the ElectRelated source material

Jean Giraudoux: FOUR PLAYS, ADAPTED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAURICE VALENCYRelated source material

La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieuRelated source material

The Madwoman of ChaillotRelated source material

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