Quotes by Jean Cocteau

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

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The poet doesn't invent. He listens.

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free....

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

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The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

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The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our...

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

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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event,...

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Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

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

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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

#Jean Cocteau

I am a lie who always speaks the truth.

#Honesty, #Lies, #Truth