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Quote by Jean Cocteau
After the writers death, reading his journal is like receiving a l

After the writers death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Escape, Escapism
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Jean Cocteau
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I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Home
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Jean Cocteau
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A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Automobiles
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Other Quotes from
Death
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The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. – Henry Miller

Category:
Death

Time is not what you think. Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning. – Mitch Albom

Category:
Death

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death. – Sun Tzu

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Death

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. – James Russell Lowell

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Death

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You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state. – Sharon Gannon

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Yoga

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Happiness

He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites. – Emo Philips

Category:
smile

Anyone that wants the presidency so much that hell spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office. – David Broder

Category:
Presidency