Quote by Jean Cocteau
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which hab

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. – 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

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Home
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Youve never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive. – Jean Cocteau

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Death
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It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously. – Jean Cocteau

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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. – St. Augustine

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Habit is a great deadener. – Samuel Beckett

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To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring. – E. M. Cioran

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The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched. – Jo Coudert

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The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning. – Anne Tyler

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I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. – Winston Churchill

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The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nations economic health into question. – Roger Mahony

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Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health? – Petrarch

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