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Jean Giraudoux
Geburtstag: 29. Oktober 1882
Todesdatum: 31. Januar 1944
Jean Hyppolyte Giraudoux war ein französischer Berufsdiplomat, Dramatiker und Schriftsteller. Als solcher war er vor allem für die Entwicklung des französischen Theaters der Zwischenkriegszeit sehr bedeutsam.
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Zitate Jean Giraudoux
„Der Glaube an Gott ist wie der ewige Beginn einer Liebe: Schweigen.“
Suzanne und der Pazifik
„Die Phantasie trainiert man am besten durch juristische Studien. Nie hat ein Dichter die Natur so frei ausgelegt wie ein Jurist die Wirklichkeit.“
Der Trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt
Original frz.: "Le droit est la plus puissante des écoles de l'imagination. Jamais poète n'a interprété la nature aussi librement qu'un juriste la réalité."
„Wer noch die Kraft zu lieben oder wer die Schönheit hat, dem obliegt es nicht, zu erläutern, was Liebe und Schönheit ist.“
Der Trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt
„Eine Frau ist ein Wesen, das selbst gefunden hat.“
Judith
"Une femme est un être qui a trouvé sa nature." - Holopherne. Judith acte II scène VII
„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
Quelle: Amphitryon 38
„Only the mediocre are always at their best.“
As quoted in The Beauty Principal (1984) by Victoria Principal, p. 117
Attributed
„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).
„Translation: You're an attorney! It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman of 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
„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)
„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)
„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)
„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
„The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.“
— Jean Giraudoux, The Enchanted
The Enchanted (1933)
„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)
„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)
„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).
