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Quote by Jean Cocteau
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time t

When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. – Jean Cocteau

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

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Death
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Jean Cocteau
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Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these seedlings of stars and these fields of blue! – Jean Cocteau

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Poetry
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As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. – Francis Bacon

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Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer. It is joy and art. – Bliss Carman

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Begin with anothers to end with your own. – Baltasar Gracian

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Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. – Charles Baudelaire

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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. – Harry S. Truman

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As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment. – Lance Loud

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Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. – James F. Cooper

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A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea. – Proverb

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