Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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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...

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.

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.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

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...

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.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

I was born to travel and write verse.

I was born to travel and write 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.

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,...

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

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is...

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is...

The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung...

The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung...

A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels...

A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels...