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Jean Giraudoux Quotes
Playwright, Novelist, Diplomat
Jean Giraudoux was playwright, novelist, diplomat from France
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Get Jean's Quotes“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.”— Jean Giraudoux
Attributed to Giraudoux in Murphy's Law Book Two by Arthur Bloch (1980). Also associated with George Burns and Groucho Marx. The earliest print version dates to 1971.
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The Madwoman's Last Bow
Giraudoux died January 31, 1944, in occupied Paris at sixty-one. His last play, The Madwoman of Chaillot, was produced the next year and became his most famous work worldwide. His plays were adapted into English by Christopher Fry and Maurice Valency. He wrote fifteen plays, five novels, and dozens of essays. Bellac named its theater after him.
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