Quote #68
Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.
More from Jean Cocteau
- He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.
- Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities.
- Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.
- Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.
- Be helpful, even if it compromises you.
- See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan's deflation is another's inflation.
- Find first, seek later.
- Do not close the circle. Leave it open. Descartes closes the circle. Pascal leaves it open. Rousseau's triumph over the encyclopedists is t…