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
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.
heaven paradise doe
Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.
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.
writing doe three
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred.
effort fame constant
Fame is a constant effort
eggs space littles
In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.
talking mystery existence
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
men letters clarity
Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.
writing oxen genius
In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses-the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring.
modesty easy difficult
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
art moral morality
In morals, always do as others do; in art, never.
horse animal bangs
The horse is the only animal into which one can bang nails.
beautiful wings two
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
thinking
I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.