I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

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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...

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...

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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.

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

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

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....

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play...

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play...

The secret of success is sincerity.

The secret of success is sincerity.

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...

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

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;...

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.

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

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;...

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...

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...

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...