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Ипполит-Жан Жироду — французский новеллист, эссеист, драматург, дипломат.

✵ 29. Октябрь 1882 – 31. Январь 1944
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“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.”

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

“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).

“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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