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
nature heaven pieces
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
injustice greater
We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.
resent meetings ifs
An egotist always resents meeting another egotist as if he alone had the right to be one.
no-friends moments
There are no friends; only moments of friendship.
turns
It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.
coins currency sentences
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
sincerity sincere
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.