Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The world owes its enchantment to these curious creatures and their fancies; but its multiple complicity rejects them. Thistledown spirits, tragic, heartrending in their evanescence, they must go blowing headlong to perdition.

Jean Cocteau's Popular Quotes

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

- Jean Cocteau

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

- Jean Cocteau

The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.

- Jean Cocteau

We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.

- Jean Cocteau

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

- Jean Cocteau

One must not mistake majority for truth.

- Jean Cocteau

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.

- Jean Cocteau

French people are Italian people in a bad mood.

- Jean Cocteau

Living is a horizontal fall.

- Jean Cocteau