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I have remarked that those who love women most, and are most tender in their intercourse with them, are most inclined to speak ill of them, as if they could not forgive them for not being as irreproachable as they wish them to be
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Such in the Landes of our world is the poet's stance;
When he receives no wound, his treasure he'll retain.
With such deep cut mankind his heart must also lance,
To make him spill his verse, his gold tears' gushing rain!
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This century boasts of progress! Have they invented a new mortal sin? Unfortunately there are but seven, as before — the number of the daily falls of a saint, which is very little.
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Everything passes.–
Only robust art is eternal.
The bust outlives the city.
And the simple coin
Unearthed by a peasant
Reveals the image of an emperor.
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The affectation of virtue which characterizes this century would be very ludicrous, if it were not very tiresome.
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Art for Art's Sake means, for its adepts, the pursuit of pure beauty – without any other consideration.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
Ignazio Silone
Théophile Gautier
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Born:
August 30, 1811
Died:
October 23, 1872
(aged 61)
Bio:
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
Known for:
Captain Fracasse (1863)
Mademoiselle de Maupin (1834)
La Morte Amoureuse (1836)
The Mummy's Foot (1840)
Émaux et Camées (1852)
Most used words:
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