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

Quote by Jean Giraudoux

Topics: Death Quotes

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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;...

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...

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

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

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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...

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.

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...