Jules Renard Quotes

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Jules Renard
Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.
Jules Renard
Being bored is an insult to oneself.
Jules Renard
When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.
Jules Renard
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.
Jules Renard
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.
Jules Renard
I have a remarkable memory I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.
Jules Renard
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.
Jules Renard
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
Jules Renard
I am afraid I shall not find Him but I shall still look for Him. If He exists He may be appreciative of my efforts.
Jules Renard
Being bored is an insult to oneself.
Jules Renard
The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
Jules Renard
Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.
Jules Renard
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none
Jules Renard
True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not.
Jules Renard
The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.
Jules Renard
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
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
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
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
Jules Renard
It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.
Jules Renard
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
Jules Renard
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
Jules Renard
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Jules Renard
It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.
Jules Renard