Theophile Gautier
Theophile Gautier
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautierwas a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 August 1811
CountryFrance
ugly modesty made
Modesty was made for the ugly.
travel writing born
I was born to travel and write verse.
manners gentle prove
It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.
loneliness sadness cat
[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness.
greatest-love grows
When we love - we grow