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The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.
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I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
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What is style? For many people, a very complicated way of saying very simple things. According to us, a very simple way of saying very complicated things.
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Poetry is an ethic. By ethic I mean a secret code of behavior, a discipline constructed and conducted according to the capabilities of a man who rejects the falsifications of the categorical imperative.
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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I am burning myself up and will always do so.
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