Jules RenardThe less I understand life, the more I live it!352Life
Jules RenardIf I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.352Life
Jules RenardGod does not believe in our God. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.131, Tin House Books331Reading
Jules RenardSocialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart. ✨ Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.222, Tin House Books375LoveReadingThought
Jules RenardBe modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. ✨ Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.83, Tin House Books364Reading
Jules RenardIt 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. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jul… ▶343Reading
Jules RenardTalent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred. ✨ Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard,… ▶366Reading
Jules RenardWhen I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.172, Tin House Books377ReadingThought
Jules RenardA beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. ✨ Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.169, Tin House Books377Reading
Jules RenardThere are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. ✨ Jules Renard (1964). The journal of Jules Renard333Time
Jules RenardWords should be only the clothes, carefully custom-made to fit the thought.311Thought
Jules RenardWords are the small change of thought. ✨ Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.22, Tin House Books312ReadingThought
Jules RenardTo think is not enough, you must think of something. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.138, Tin House Books356ReadingThought
Jules RenardI have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he… ▶378Reading
Jules RenardTruth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.367PoliticsTruth
Jules RenardStyle means the right word. The rest matters little. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.62, Tin House Books368Reading
Jules RenardThe truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.313Humanity
Jules RenardWhen the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.280, Tin House… ▶369Reading
Jules RenardAs I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.304LifeLove
Jules RenardThe 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, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth … ▶348Reading
Jules RenardOn earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.337Love
Jules RenardLook for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.37, Tin House Books305Reading
Jules RenardWalks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.266, Tin House Books338ReadingThought
Jules RenardThere are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.3510Time
Jules RenardI am not sincere, even when I say I am not.284Truth
Jules RenardLet us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies. ✨ Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). The Journ… ▶251Reading
Jules RenardBeing bored is an insult to oneself. ✨ Jules Renard (2008). The Journal of Jules Renard, p.62, Tin House Books317Reading
Jules RenardBroken china lasts longer than unbroken.306Love
Jules RenardParadise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.295Humor
Jules RenardLove is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.285LoveThought
