156 Quotes by Jules Renard

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.

How many people have wanted to kill themselves, and have been content with tearing up their photograph!

Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies.

If money does not make you happy, give it back

if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

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.

Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred.

Fame is a constant effort

In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.