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
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.
writing style forget
Style is to forget all styles.
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.
giving doe make-you-happy
If money does not make you happy, give it back
inspirational life eye
if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.
home doors waiting
Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies.
broken lasts weakness
Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.
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
selfish being-selfish filled
It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to live.
ideas world-suffering causes
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.