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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show.
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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
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I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.
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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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