Jules Renard (22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894) and Les Histoires Natur...
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. Jules Renard
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. Jules Renard
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. Jules Renard
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. Jules Renard
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. Jules Renard
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
Fame is a constant effort. Jules Renard
Fame is a constant effort.
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life. Jules Renard
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
The bourgeois are other people. Jules Renard
The bourgeois are other people.
We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest. Jules Renard
We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. Jules Renard
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you. Jules Renard
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. Jules Renard
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
