"The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends."
"The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your heartstrings if they extend across the barricade."
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Source: Jean Cocteau (1967). “The Infernal Machine: And Other Plays”, p.154, New Directions Publishing
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