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You do not become a critic unt...

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

The most fitting occupation fo...

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

The pleasure in traveling cons...

The pleasure in traveling consists of the obstacles, the fatigue, and even the danger. What charm can anyone find in an excursion when he is always sure of reaching his destination, of having horses ready waiting for him, a soft bed, an excellent supper, and all the eases and comfort he can enjoy in his own home! One of the great misfortunes of modern life is the want of any sudden surprise, and the absence of all adventure. Everything is so well arranged.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

It is a difficult matter to ga...

It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Those horses must have been Sp...

Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind, and the moon, which had risen at our departure to give us light, rolled through the sky like a wheel detached from its carriage.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Fortune loves to give bedroom ...

Fortune loves to give bedroom slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

I am a man for whom the outsid...

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

I am one of those for whom sup...

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Yes, the work comes out more b...

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

There is nothing truly beautif...

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Cats are the tigers of us poor...

Cats are the tigers of us poor devils.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

High art alone is eternal and ...

High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.
[Fr., L'Art supreme
Seule a l'eternite
Et le buste
Survit la cite.]

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Down comes rain drop, bubble f...

Down comes rain drop, bubble follows;
On the house-top one by one
Flock the synagogue of swallows,
Met to vote that autumn's gone.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

If you are worthy of its affec...

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

It is difficult to obtain the ...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Who can believe that there is ...

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

The years I have squandered in...

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

No one is truly dead until the...

No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Yes I have loved, as no one on...

Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

Books follow morals, and not m...

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Theophile Gautier 72 quotes

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