Quote #67
He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.
More from Jean Cocteau
- Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.
- Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.
- Be helpful, even if it compromises you.
- Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
- Find first, seek later.
- Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.
- Hasten slowly. Run faster than beauty.
- See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan's deflation is another's inflation.