Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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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...

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......

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

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,...

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.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care...

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care...

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

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...

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...

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write verse.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

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

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

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

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.

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.

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...