The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing. — Theophile Gautier Career Copy Share Image
I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity. — Theophile Gautier Necessity Copy Share Image
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. — Theophile Gautier Animal behavior Copy Share Image
[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society... — Theophile Gautier Cat Copy Share Image
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! — Theophile Gautier Animal Copy Share Image
“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.” — Théophile Gautier Chance Copy Share Image
“And then again, I am no longer quite such a good-looking young fellow that tapestries leap off the wall in my honour.” — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections… — Theophile Gautier Cats Copy Share Image
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution. — Theophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
“And of a Sunday swarm the folk Under the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The sun, the melody,… — Théophile Gautier Folk Copy Share Image
Whatever may have been said of the satiety of pleasure and of the disgust which usually follows passion, any man who has… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“If thou wilt be mine, I shall make thee happier than God Himself in His paradise. The angels themselves will be jealous… — Théophile Gautier Love Copy Share Image
Sometimes he will sit on the carpet in front of you, looking at you with eyes so melting, so caressing and so… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is… — Theophile Gautier Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your… — Théophile Gautier Affection Copy Share Image
“Here a few poor and stunted flowers stood with drooping heads, like a convent of consumptive girls, waiting for a ray of… — Théophile Gautier Flower Copy Share Image
Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind,… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
“To be beautiful, handsome, means that you possess a power which makes all smile upon and welcome you; that everybody is impressed… — Théophile Gautier Beauty Copy Share Image
“What is certain is that the world has got beyond the stage at which one may affect modesty and maidenly shame, and… — Théophile Gautier Marriage Copy Share Image
“Although it was only six o'clock, the night was already dark. The fog, made thicker by its proximity to the Seine, blurred… — Théophile Gautier Cold Copy Share Image
“You know, the immortality of the soul, free will and all that -- it's all very amusing to talk about up to… — Théophile Gautier Death Copy Share Image
“It is as absurd to say that a man is a drunkard because he describes an orgy or a debauchee because he… — Théophile Gautier Books Copy Share Image
“Poate că m-a iubit in tăcere o inimă umilă pe care n-am înțeles-o sau am zdrobit-o, poate că eu însumi am fost… — Théophile Gautier Amor Copy Share Image
The pleasure in traveling consists of the obstacles, the fatigue, and even the danger. What charm can anyone find in an excursion… — Theophile Gautier Absence Copy Share Image
“This apparent hurly-burly and disorder turn out, after all, to reproduce real life with its fantastic ways more accurately than the most… — Théophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. — Theophile Gautier Affection Copy Share Image
“For Art alone is great: The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate.” — Théophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living. — Theophile Gautier Body Copy Share Image
With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument. — Theophile Gautier Argument Copy Share Image
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire. — Theophile Gautier Art Copy Share Image
The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil. — Theophile Gautier Cat Copy Share Image
Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly. — Theophile Gautier Beautiful Copy Share Image
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest. — Theophile Gautier Brevity Copy Share Image
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