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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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...

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...

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...

The secret of success is sincerity.

The secret of success is sincerity.

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.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

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...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities -...

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...

It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by...