Jules Renard

17 quotations
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
Jules Renard · Existence
Fame is a constant effort
Jules Renard · Fame
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
Jules Renard · Fear
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
Jules Renard · Heaven
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
Jules Renard · Love
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Jules Renard · Laziness
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
Jules Renard · Anger
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Jules Renard · Literature
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
Jules Renard · Poetry and Poets
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
Jules Renard · Solitude
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
Jules Renard · Suffering
Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
Jules Renard · Talent
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Jules Renard · Truth
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Jules Renard · Words
Words are the small change of thought.
Jules Renard · Words
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
Jules Renard · Worry
Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.
Jules Renard · Communism and Socialism

Subjects Jules Renard spoke about

Anger Communism and Socialism Existence Fame Fear Heaven Laziness Literature Love Poetry and Poets Solitude Suffering Talent Truth Words Worry