Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux fue un escritor francés.
“No tengo miedo de la muerte. Es el juego que uno acepta para poder jugar el juego de la vida.”
Ondina, 1938.
Fuente: ref. insuficiente https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondina_%28obra_de_teatro%29
Fuente: Citado en Enciclopedia del deporte http://books.google.com.co/books?id=4mzuLW7mWDgC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=El+deporte+es+el+esperanto+de+las+razas.%22&source=bl&ots=HM-NywHJH7&sig=bBSasUpproyNT4q-d4HGdpNSoo0&hl=es&sa=X&ei=n6ZAU7TSNc3NsQSTuIDABw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=El%20deporte%20es%20el%20esperanto%20de%20las%20razas.%22&f=false. Editorial MG Gráficas, 1979; pag. . ISBN 848797783-1.
“O amigo o enemigo; no puedes vivir con tu cuerpo en estado de indiferencia.”
Fuente: Citado por Manuel Halcón en Monólogo de una muje fría. 3ª ed. en Alianza Editorial, 1972; p. 12; DL-M.169849-1972 .
“Existen verdades que pueden matar a un pueblo.”
Électre (1937).
Fuente: ref. insuficiente https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_%28Giraudoux%29
“Es siempre descorazonador saber la opinión que otro tiene de la mujer que uno ama.”
La loca de Chaillot, 1943.
Fuente: ref. insuficiente https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_loca_de_Chaillot
“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.”
Fuente: Amphitryon 38
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
As quoted in The Beauty Principal (1984) by Victoria Principal, p. 117
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“You're an attorney! It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.”
Vous êtes avocat! Vous avez le devoir au contraire de recourir à toutes les ruses pour défendre vos clients. Au mensonge. A la calomnie.
The Madwoman of Chaillot, Act II http://books.google.com/books?id=BGPPV09y26AC&q=%22Vous+%C3%AAtes+avocat+Vous+avez+le+devoir+au+contraire+de+recourir+%C3%A0+toutes+les+ruses+pour+d%C3%A9fendre+vos+clients+Au+mensonge+A+la+calomnie%22&pg=PA142#v=onepage
The Doctor in The Enchanted: A Comedy in Three Acts, p. 6 (1950, as adapted by Maurice Valency).
The Man in The Apollo of Bellac: A Play in One Act, p. 12 (1954, as adapted by Maurice Valency).
“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”
The Enchanted (1933)
“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.”
As quoted in Murphy's Law Book Two : More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong (1980) by Arthur Bloch, p. 47; similar statements became a routine part of the comedic performances of George Burns.
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