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Quote by Jean Cocteau
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the deat

Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. – Jean Cocteau

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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. – Jean Cocteau

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Art
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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? – Jean Cocteau

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Luck
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. – Jean Cocteau

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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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though love be a day and life be nothing, it shall not stop kissing. – e.e. cummings

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If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? – Horace

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I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth. – Irish Saying

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Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man! – Thomas Carlyle

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My mother is a beauty. – Mary-Louise Parker

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Beauty

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years Ive learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesnt need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times. – Bear Grylls

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