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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The secret of success is sincerity.

The secret of success is sincerity.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

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.

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...

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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...

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...

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....

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;...

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

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with...

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with...

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war