“God does not believe in our God.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
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Famous Jules Renard Quotes
“When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today?”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”
“In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.”
“Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“There are no friends; only moments of friendship.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.”
“Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Words are the small change of thought.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Style means the right word. The rest matters little.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Style is to forget all styles.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Being bored is an insult to oneself.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it”
“The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.”
“Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.”
“Somewhere in the shadow cast by every famous man is a feminine victim.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“To think is not enough, you must think of something.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Words should be only the clothes, carefully custom-made to fit the thought.”
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
Source: The journal of Jules Renard
“Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.”