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Quotes by Jules Renard

  • There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
  • There are moments when everything goes well don't be frightened, it won't last.
  • The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.
  • Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
  • Be modest It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
  • I finally know what distinguishes man from other beasts financial worries. - Journals
  • We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it.
  • If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little bit more.
  • Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.
  • Failure is not the only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others.
  • I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
  • I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
  • Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.