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Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.

Jean Cocteau

It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Believe Deep Religious Spirit
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
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Feeling Goodness Motivational Music Mystery Object
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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Artist Cost Material Money Movie
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love.
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Death Fear Love Myself People
The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
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Creation Force Himself Language Live Manipulation People Poem Poet Understand
Living is a horizontal fall.
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Fall Live One Liner Perspective
It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Addiction Body Oneself
Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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Acceptance Rejection Youth
The job of the poet (a job which can’t be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.
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Force Habit Learning Object Place Poet Position Soul Tragedy Visible World
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
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Beginning Born Death Deep Life Myself Perspective Rush Walk
I’ve always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.
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Deep Difference History Illusion Myth Mythology Perspective Reality Truth
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.
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Best Friendship God Lost Mercy Myself
There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Deep Evidence Love Philosophy
Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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Elegant Existence Notice
Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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Attitude Born Himself Mindset Wealth

Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.

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