Pierre-Jules Renard

Quote: Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Fame is a constant effort [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Words are the small change of thought. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: If i'll die for the women it will be because of laugh. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred. [Pierre-Jules Renard]

Quote: The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
[Pierre-Jules Renard]

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