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
justice littles noise
There is a justice, but we do not always see it. Discreet, smiling, it is there, at one side, a little behind injustice, which makes a big noise.
stupid people today
Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today?
women shadow victim
Somewhere in the shadow cast by every famous man is a feminine victim.
two paris letters
Add two letters two paris and it's paradise.
broken lasts weakness
Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.
clothes fit should
Words should be only the clothes, carefully custom-made to fit the thought.
believe doe
God does not believe in our God.
people waste boring
Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.
ideas world-suffering causes
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
men giving dinner
The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.
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.
suicidal people photograph
How many people have wanted to kill themselves, and have been content with tearing up their photograph!
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.
giving doe make-you-happy
If money does not make you happy, give it back