Bertolt Brecht
Playwright, Poet
"To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated."
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Finesse
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Brother Lawrence
Monk, Cook
"People seek methods of learning to know God. Is it not much shorter and more direct to simply do everything for the love of Him? There is no finesse about it. One only has to do it generously and simply."
Jean Cocteau
Poet, Novelist, Playwright
"Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force."
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