Jules Renard > Quotes

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”
― Jules Renard

“It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.”
― Jules Renard

“If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.”
― Jules Renard

“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.”
― Jules Renard

“When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

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

“The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.”
― Jules Renard

“There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last.”
― Jules Renard

“As I grow to understand life less and less,
I learn to love it more and more.”
― Jules Renard

“I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.”
― Jules Renard

“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.”
― Jules Renard

“There are no friends; only moments of friendship.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

“Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.”
― Jules Renard

“Wrinkles are engraved smiles.”
― Jules Renard

“Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.”
― Jules Renard

“if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.”
― Jules Renard

“the important people in our lives leave imprints. they may die or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart”
― Jules Renard

“Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.”
― Jules Renard

“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.”
― Jules Renard

“Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none”
― Jules Renard

“Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.”
― Jules Renard

“Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you”
― Jules Renard

“There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.”
― Jules Renard

“If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

“If money does not make you happy, give it back”
― Jules Renard

“Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.”
― Jules Renard

“Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today?”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”
― Jules Renard

“God does not believe in our God.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard