"The Louvre is a morgue; you go there to identify your friends."
"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."
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Source: Jean Cocteau (1966). “The Holy Terrors (Les Enfants Terribles)”, p.85, New Directions Publishing
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