Quotes By Jules Renard

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

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

The bourgeois are other people.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Words are the small change of thought.

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

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

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

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.

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

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

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

Fame is a constant effort.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.

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

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

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

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

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.

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

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

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

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

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.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

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

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

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

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