Quotes by Renard, Jules

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

Renard, Jules on existence
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"Fame is a constant effort"

Renard, Jules on fame   

"There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened."

Renard, Jules on fear   

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

Renard, Jules on heaven   

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

Renard, Jules on laziness
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"There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune."

Renard, Jules on anger   

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

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

Renard, Jules on love
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"A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings."

Renard, Jules on poetry and poets   

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

Renard, Jules on war   

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

Renard, Jules on solitude
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"A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea."

Renard, Jules on suffering   

"Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred."

Renard, Jules on talent   

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

Renard, Jules on truth   

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

Renard, Jules on words   

"Words are the small change of thought."

Renard, Jules on words   

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

Renard, Jules on worry   

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

Renard, Jules on communism and socialism   

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

Renard, Jules on compliments
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