The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.
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I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.Jean Cocteau
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.
Jean Cocteau
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
Jean Cocteau
You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
Jean Cocteau
Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.
Jean Cocteau
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Jean Cocteau
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