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.

Quote by Jean Cocteau

Topics: Friends Quotes

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life is a horizontal fall.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't...

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me,...

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which...

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the...

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the...

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other...

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us...

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us...

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes...

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes...

77% of girls think they're ugly. 50% of girls think they're fat. 100% of society...

77% of girls think they're ugly. 50% of girls think they're fat. 100% of society...