When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

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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...

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

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

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

The secret of success is sincerity.

The secret of success is sincerity.

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;...

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to...

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to...

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...

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...

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;...

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No...

There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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....

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.