You know, the immortality of the soul, free will and all that -- it's all very amusing to talk about up to the age of twenty-two, but not after that. Then one ought to be giving one's mind to having fun without catching the pox, arranging one's life as comfortably as possible, having a few decent drawings on the wall, and above all writing well. That's the important thing: well-made sentences...and then a few metaphors. Yes, a few metaphors. They embellish a man's existence.
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Theophile Gautier was a 19th-century French poet, dramatist and novelist. Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. Read more on Wikipedia →