Home / Quotes / Quote by Jean Giraudoux

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

“There are truths which can kill a nation.”

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

Book:Three plays

Work

This volume compiles three distinct plays, showcasing a variety of styles and themes in theater. more

Author

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. more

You May Also Like

“Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid the pain of self-awareness. ... [E]vil is laziness carried to its ultimate, extraordinary extreme.”

People Self Light Truth Pain Hate Order Evil Awareness Goodness Ultimate Self Awareness Extraordinary Extremes Laziness Evil People

Author:M. Scott Peck

“I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.”

Heart Messages Spread Follow Your Heart Message Of Hope

Author:J. Cole

“Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?”

Ifs Men Truth Fine Speakers

Book:Autobiography of J.S. Mill & on Liberty; Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh & Sir Walter Scott

Source: Autobiography of J.S. Mill & on Liberty; Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh & Sir Walter Scott

“Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.”

Way Art Whole Truth Lying Speak Half Hell Obliged Speak The Truth Half Way

Book:Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. A new ed

Source: Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. A new ed

“If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.”

Ifs Needs Mean Truth Found Victory Gains Defeated

Book:The Golden Sayings of Epictetus In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

Source: The Golden Sayings of Epictetus In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

“It is terrible to die of thirst in the ocean. Do you have to salt your truth so heavily that it does not even-quench thirst any more?”

Doe Truth Dies Terrible Ocean Salt Thirst Quench

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able to affirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false, this is the mark and character of intelligence.”

Men Character Truth Able Understanding Please Mark Proof

Author:Emanuel Swedenborg

“The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, 'How do you know it is truth, and not an error of your own?' We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake.”

Source: Essays and Lectures

“Everything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.”

Author:Jack Kerouac

“One must keep repeating the Truth.”

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe