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

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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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,...

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...

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.

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.

When we love - we grow

When we love - we grow

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

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...

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

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.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.