There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

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Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it...

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it...

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

The secret of success is sincerity.

The secret of success is sincerity.

I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world...

I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world...

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

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

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you...

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you...

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe;...

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you...

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you...

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

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

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on...

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back....

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back....

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

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

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made...

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made...

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness...

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness...