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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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;...

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...

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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...

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

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...

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'm about as concerned as Jack would be if he read that I was practicing...

I'm about as concerned as Jack would be if he read that I was practicing...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need...

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need...