Jean Cocteau - Knowing Quotes

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Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far.

Jean Cocteau

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

Being tactful in audacity is knowing how far one can go too far.

Jean Cocteau

Tact consists in knowing how far to go in going too far.

Jean Cocteau

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

Jean Cocteau

Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.

Jean Cocteau