Life is a horizontal fall.

Vivre est une chute horizontale.

Jean Cocteau

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Topic

Nature of life Life

Author

Jean Cocteau

Language

French

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Cocteau, Jean. Opium, Journal d'une Desintoxication [Opium: Diary of a Cure]. Librairie Stock, 1930.

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Words strain,
Crack and sometimes break, under the burden
Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,
Will not stay still.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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Topic
Meaning of words Words Limits of language

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Burnt Norton Four Quartets
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 5.

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

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Topic
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Speaker
Ferris Bueller
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1986 1980s 20th century
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Directed by John Hughes. Paramount Pictures, 1986.

Another quote originally in French

Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Confessions (Rousseau)

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Credulity

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
Confessions (Rousseau)
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1781 1780s 18th century
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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions [The Confessions]. Aux Deux-Ponts: Chez Sanson Et Compagnie, 1782, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Confessions, translated by Angela Scholar. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1, bk. 5.