Jules Renard

Pierre-Jules Renard or Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Acad?mie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top) (1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories) (1896). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking) (1898) and Huit jours à la campagne (A Week in the Country) (1906).

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On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Jules Renard

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

Jules Renard

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Jules Renard

As I grow to understand life less and less,

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Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Jules Renard

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

Jules Renard

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

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The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

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

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I learn to love it more and more.

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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.

Jules Renard

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

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Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Jules Renard

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

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