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Young girls are the chatelaines of truth; they must see that it is protected, that the guilty lead the life of the guilty, even if the world rocks on its foundations.

— Jean Giraudoux Electra (1937)

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The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

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As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

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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.

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