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Quotes from Les Enfants Terribles translation by Rosamond Lehmann — Jean Cocteau

1889–1963 France

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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

Les Enfants Terribles translation by Rosamond Lehmann (1929)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean Cocteau (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.