We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.

Jean Cocteau

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Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
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Help Important Recognition
There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Deep Evidence Love Philosophy
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
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Believe Deep Religious Spirit
The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.
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Ability Health Laughter Sign Soul
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
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
You’ve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.
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Death Mirror See Yourself
If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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Believe Deep Dreams Famous Poet
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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Animal Cat Enjoyment Home Love Myself Soul Visible
May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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Devil Dirty Yourself
One must not mistake majority for truth.
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Deep Mistake One Liner Oneself Truth
We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.
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Discipline Oneself Period Talk Theft
Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them.
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Myself Mystery Organization Pretend
The joy of the young is to disobey.
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Joy Obey One Liner Young
Poetry, being elegance itself, cannot hope to achieve visibility… It insists on living its own life.
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Achievement Elegant Hope Life Live Poetry
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
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Choice Death Kill Option Save Torture
Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Hope One Liner Poet Poetry Religion
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
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Artist Copy Job Order Original
Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
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Beautiful Myself See Talk Woman
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
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Deep Lying One Liner Poet Talk Truth
French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
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Attitude Bad Identity Mood People Personality
Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
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Count Earth Moment
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness.
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Call Limitation Public Wisdom
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
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Death Live Myself Teaching Try
Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Audacity Far Journey Yourself
The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Beautiful Clothes Sex
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
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Children Mad Patience Poet Try

We are in a period of such individualism that one no longer speaks of disciples; one speaks of thieves.

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