Jules Renard

Found 15 thoughts of Jules Renard

We spend our lives talking about this mystery - our life.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

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

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.

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

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

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

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

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more and more.