Jules Renard - Quotes

Quotes

• It is not how old you are but how you are old.
• Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.
• Culture is what's left after you have forgotten everything.
• I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
• Look for the ridiculous in everything, and you will find it.
• If money does not make you happy; give it back.
• Writing is the only way to talk without being interrupted.
• If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
• Dying serves no purpose so die now.
• The horse is the only animal into which one can bang nails.
• We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it.
• I find when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.
• Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
• The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
• Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
• As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.
• I am never bored anywhere; being bored is an insult to oneself.
• If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.
• Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.