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

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal......

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal......

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

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.

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

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

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

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

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...

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

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...

When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

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

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

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

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

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.

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...

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.