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
Jules Renard quotes about
fashion character men
Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.
laughter laughing heaven
Only in this world do we laugh: in hell, it won't be possible; and in heaven, it won't be proper.
laughter laughing heaven
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.
class horror bourgeois
To have a horror of the bourgeois is bourgeois.
attitude thinking space
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
gratitude eye changed
If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.
no-friends moments
There are no friends; only moments of friendship.
love inspirational valentines-day
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
turns
It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.
acting actors talent
Acting of some actors seems natural, because they have no talent.
hero men honorable-man
It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.
wine water succeed
To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.
wrinkles engraved
Wrinkles are engraved smiles.
happiness joy enough
It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.