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Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.


Jean Froissart

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JEAN ANOUILH We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that would bring us the pleasu...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
JEAN TOOMER Every woman is like a time-zone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflagg...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be co...
JEAN ANOUILH The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the abs...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
JEAN COCTEAU We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of ex...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinar...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD