Jules Renard

"Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money."

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"Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money."

Jules Renard

"There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire."

Jules Renard

"It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say."

Jules Renard

"I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries."

Jules Renard

"It is not how old you are, but how you are old."

Jules Renard

"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."

Jules Renard

"Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties."

Jules Renard

"Failure is not our only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others."

Jules Renard

"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."

Jules Renard

"Words are the small change of thought."

Jules Renard

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

Jules Renard

"Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart."

Jules Renard

"When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored."

Jules Renard

"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it."

Jules Renard

"I have a remarkable memory I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me."

Jules Renard

"Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others."

Jules Renard

"A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea."

Jules Renard

"I am afraid I shall not find Him but I shall still look for Him. If He exists He may be appreciative of my efforts."

Jules Renard

"Being bored is an insult to oneself."

Jules Renard

"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."

Jules Renard

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