156 Quotes by Jules Renard
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The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.
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The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
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I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
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I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.
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Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.
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Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none
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Oh ! Les vieilleries ! Vieilles lettres, vieux vêtements, vieux objets dont on ne veut pas se débarrasser. Comme la Nature a bien compris que, tous les ans, elle doit changer de feuilles, de fleurs, de fruits et de légumes, et faire du fumier avec les souvenirs de son année ! (19 octobre 1906)
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The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
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Une pensée écrite est morte. Elle vivait. Elle ne vit plus. Elle était fleur. L’écriture l’a rendue artificielle, c’est-à-dire immuable.
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