Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
JEAN COCTEAUIt is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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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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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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Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.
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We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
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Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
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French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house.
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The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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