The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. - Jean Cocteau

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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Jean Cocteau

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About Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, painter, and filmmaker.

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Alternative Names: Clément Eugène Jean Pierre Cocteau • Zhan Kokto • Eugène Jean Maurice Cocteau • Eugene Jean Maurice Cocteau

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Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.

The poet doesn't invent. He listens.