„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 .
Frases de Jean Giraudoux
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Jean Giraudoux
Fecha de nacimiento: 29. Octubre 1882
Fecha de muerte: 31. Enero 1944
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux fue un escritor francés.
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Frases Jean Giraudoux
„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
„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.“
— Jean Giraudoux, La loca de Chaillot
La loca de Chaillot, 1943.
Fuente: ref. insuficiente https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_loca_de_Chaillot
„El hombre que no sabe correr, saltar, nadar… es como un automóvil en el que sólo se emplea la primera velocidad.“
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.
„I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.“
— Jean Giraudoux, Amphitryon 38
Fuente: Amphitryon 38
„Only the mediocre are always at their best.“
As quoted in The Beauty Principal (1984) by Victoria Principal, p. 117
Attributed
„You're an attorney! It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.“
— Jean Giraudoux, La loca de Chaillot
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
„In wartime a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
Tiger at the Gates (1935)
„A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.“
The Doctor in The Enchanted: A Comedy in Three Acts, p. 6 (1950, as adapted by Maurice Valency).
„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.“
The Man in The Apollo of Bellac: A Play in One Act, p. 12 (1954, as adapted by Maurice Valency).
„Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
Tiger at the Gates (1935)
„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.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
Tiger at the Gates (1935)
„The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Enchanted
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.
Attributed
„Born enemies don't fight. Nations you would say were designed to go to war against each other — by their skins, their language, their smell: always jealous of each other, always hating each other — they're not the ones who fight. You will find the real antagonists in nations fate has groomed and made ready for the same war.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
Tiger at the Gates (1935)
„As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
Tiger at the Gates (1935)
