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I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

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

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If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

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Sooner barbarity than boredom.

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I was born to travel and write verse.

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Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

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Books follow morals, and not morals books.

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The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

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You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Poet

Born: August 30th, 1811

Died: October 23rd, 1872

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