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Jean Cocteau
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We must believe in ___. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
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Quotes
Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Jean Cocteau?
→ A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
→ A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.
→ Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
→ A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man.
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Pick the quote attributed to Jean Cocteau.
→ An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
→ People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
→ There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
→ Don’t try to leap an abyss in two jumps.
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Select the quotation attributed to Jean Cocteau.
→ Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
→ The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
→ A great literary masterpiece is simply a dictionary in disorder.
→ That which comes into the world to disturb nothing deserves neither respect nor patience.
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One of these may be attributed to Jean Cocteau. Which one?
→ The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
→ She felt in italics and thought in capitals.
→ No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.
→ A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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