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

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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

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

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...

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...

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

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...

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

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.

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,...

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

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...

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

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.

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

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.

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.

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.