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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Jean Cocteau
Liars, Lying, Poetry

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.

Jean Cocteau
Art, Lying, Reality

Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.

Jean Cocteau
Lying, Mean, Men
"On Invisibility". "Diary of an Unknown". Book by Jean Cocteau, 1953.

People seek escape in myth by any means at their disposal, including drugs, alcohol, meditation, and lies.

Jean Cocteau
Lying, Mean, People

History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.

Jean Cocteau
Lying, Reality, Fables
Journal d'un inconnu (Diary of an Unknown Man, 1953) p. 143

What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

Jean Cocteau
Lying, History, Facts
The Observer, September 22, 1957.

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