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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Dorothy Parker
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The New Yorker
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Language
English
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

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Annie Proulx
Source
The Shipping News
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1993 1990s 20th century
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Proulx, Annie. The Shipping News. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993, ch. 10.

Another quote originally in French

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Remorse Regrets

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
Confessions (Rousseau)
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1781 1780s 18th century
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions [The Confessions]. Aux Deux-Ponts: Chez Sanson Et Compagnie, 1782, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Confessions, translated by Angela Scholar. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1, bk. 2.