"The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness." ― Jean Cocteau Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: extreme, limit, wisdom More From Jean Cocteau "Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live." "The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them." "Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail." More In Wisdom "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."― Henry David Thoreau "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."― Alfred Lord Tennyson "To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly."― William Samuel Johnson