Inspirational Quotes by Théophile Gautier — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“I had never been into society; for me the world was the enclosure of the college and the seminary. I had a vague knowledge that there was a something”

“Whatever may have been said of the satiety of pleasure and of the disgust which usually follows passion, any man who has anything of a heart and who is not wretchedly and hopelessly blasé feels his love increased by his happiness, and very often the best way to retain a lover ready to leave is to give one's self up to him without reserve.”

“The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.”

“Le hasard, c'est peut-être le pseudonyme de Dieu quand il ne veut pas signer.”