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...
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.
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. Jules Renard
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice. Jules Renard
The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.
Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart. Jules Renard
Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened. Jules Renard
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. Jules Renard
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it. Jules Renard
The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Jules Renard
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 grow to love it more and more. Jules Renard
As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more and more.
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. Jules Renard
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. Jules Renard
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Words are the small change of thought. Jules Renard
Words are the small change of thought.