To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own...

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own...

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

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

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

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.