Jules Renard
Jules Renard
Pierre-Jules Renard or Jules Renardwas a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotteand Les Histoires Naturelles. Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompreand Huit jours à la campagne...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth22 February 1864
CountryFrance
human-nature
The less I understand life, the more I live it!
sincerity sincere
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
boredom insult being-bored
Being bored is an insult to oneself.
4th-of-july choices liberty
Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.
eggs space littles
In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.
suicidal people photograph
How many people have wanted to kill themselves, and have been content with tearing up their photograph!
effort fame constant
Fame is a constant effort
talent
Talent is like money; you don't have to have some to talk about it.
letters ridiculous poor
The profession of letters is, after all, the only one in which one can make no money without being ridiculous.
solitude world moments
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
horse animal bangs
The horse is the only animal into which one can bang nails.
effort may looks
I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts.
kindness be-kind ask-me
Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.
yield void poet
The void yields up nothing. You have to be a great poet to make it ring.