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There's no such thing as love only proof of love.
Jean Cocteau
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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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Clément Eugène Jean Pierre Cocteau
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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