Jules Renard Quotes
Most popular Jules Renard Quotes
![Art: to nudge truth along a little. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/62/26462A-art-to-nudge-truth-along-a-little-jules-renard.png)
Art: to nudge truth along a little.
![Words are the small change of thought. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/04/41004A-words-are-the-small-change-of-thought-jules-renard.png)
Words are the small change of thought.
![The idea of calm exists in a sitting cat. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/70/15070A-the-idea-of-calm-exists-in-sitting-cat-jules-renard.png)
The idea of calm exists in a sitting cat.
![There is false modesty, but there is no false pride. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/08/38108A-there-is-false-modesty-but-there-is-no-false-pride-jules-renard.png)
There is false modesty, but there is no false pride.
![Laziness: the habit of resting before fatigue sets in. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/78/30978A-laziness-the-habit-of-resting-before-fatigue-sets-jules-renard.png)
Laziness: the habit of resting before fatigue sets in.
![A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/85/14485A-a-cold-in-the-head-causes-less-suffering-than-idea-jules-renard.png)
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
![Laziness is nothing more than resting before you get tired. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/59/13859A-laziness-is-nothing-more-than-resting-before-you-get-tired-jules-renard.png)
Laziness is nothing more than resting before you get tired.
![Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/34/734A-do-not-ask-me-to-be-kind-just-ask-me-jules-renard.png)
Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
![I am never bored anywhere; being bored is an insult to oneself. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/19/27419A-i-am-never-bored-anywhere-being-bored-is-insult-oneself-jules-renard.png)
I am never bored anywhere; being bored is an insult to oneself.
![Talent is like money: you don't have to have some to talk about it. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/30/7330A-talent-is-like-money-you-dont-have-have-some-talk-jules-renard.png)
Talent is like money: you don't have to have some to talk about it.
![I finally know what distinguishes man from the beasts: financial worries. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/51/21051A-i-finally-know-what-distinguishes-man-from-beasts-financial-worries-jules-renard.png)
I finally know what distinguishes man from the beasts: financial worries.
![Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/85/35885A-walks-the-body-advances-while-the-mind-flutters-around-it-jules-renard.png)
Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.
![Everything depends on work. We owe it everything; it regulates our lives. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/60/7660A-everything-depends-on-work-we-owe-it-everything-it-regulates-jules-renard.png)
Everything depends on work. We owe it everything; it regulates our lives.
![Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/52/17552A-love-is-like-an-hourglass-with-heart-filling-up-as-jules-renard.png)
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
![I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/16/23616A-i-finally-know-what-distinguishes-man-from-other-beasts-financial-jules-renard.png)
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
![The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/55/21655A-the-danger-of-success-is-that-it-makes-us-forget-jules-renard.png)
The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.
![We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/12/25512A-we-are-so-happy-to-advise-others-that-occasionally-we-jules-renard.png)
We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.
![Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/01/20201A-failure-is-not-our-only-punishment-laziness-there-is-also-jules-renard.png)
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
![We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/49/18549A-we-dont-understand-life-any-better-at-forty-than-at-jules-renard.png)
We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it.
![If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/24/32524A-if-one-were-to-build-the-house-happiness-largest-space-jules-renard.png)
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
![Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/41/24741A-writing-is-the-only-profession-where-no-one-considers-you-jules-renard.png)
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
![Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/31/7331A-talent-is-a-question-of-quantity-talent-does-not-write-jules-renard.png)
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.
![The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/49/13449A-the-truly-free-man-is-he-who-knows-how-decline-jules-renard.png)
The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.
![When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/87/20987A-when-the-defects-of-others-are-perceived-with-so-much-jules-renard.png)
When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.
![There is nothing like literature. I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/62/34962A-there-is-nothing-like-literature-i-lose-cow-i-write-jules-renard.png)
There is nothing like literature. I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.
![We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it would not be proper. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/82/20582A-we-are-in-the-world-to-laugh-purgatory-or-hell-jules-renard.png)
We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it would not be proper.
![Love kills intelligence. The brain and the heart act upon each other in the manner of an hour-glass. One fills itself only to empty the other. - Jules Renard quote.](/img/q/08/35208A-love-kills-intelligence-the-brain-and-heart-act-upon-each-jules-renard.png)
Love kills intelligence. The brain and the heart act upon each other in the manner of an hour-glass. One fills itself only to empty the other.
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.