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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (French: [pjɛʁ ʒyl teofil ɡotje]; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.

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Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind, and the moon, which had risen at our departure to give us light, rolled through the sky like a wheel detached from its carriage.

Departure, Give, Horse, Moon, Travel, Wheel

Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.

Guests, Welcome, Brevity, Guest, Fatigues

Cats are the tigers of us poor devils.

Cat, Cats, Devil, Devils, Poor, Tigers

[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society.

Cat, Happy, Knee, Knees, Lie, Lying

Modesty was made for the ugly.

Made, Modesty, Ugly

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

Admire, Carpe Diem, Heart, Love

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

Superfluity, Necessity

What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.

Cutting, Gratitude, Heart, Love, Man, Woman

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

Men, Artist, Doe, World, Translate

Fortune loves to give bedroom slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands.

Bedroom, Fate, Hands, Loves, People, Wooden

With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.

Argument, Persuasive, Powerful

Sometimes he will sit on the carpet in front of you, looking at you with eyes so melting, so caressing and so human, that they almost frighten you, for it is impossible to believe that a soul is not there.

Believe, Carpet, Cat, Eye, Front, Melting

Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection!

Affection, Cat, Fidelity, Given

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.

Beautiful, Marble, Material, Materials, Process

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

Fitting, Man, Men, Occupation

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.

Beautiful, Beauty, Disgusting, Ignoble, Men, Whatsoever

What I write is not for little girls.

Girl, Writing, Littles, Girls, Write

High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city.

Art, Cities, Eternal, Outlives, City

Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his gaze startles you.

Cat, Expression, Feet, Face, Startles

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

Animal, Animals, Dog, Heart, Measured, Regard

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