It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.
- Jules Renard
Anger, Other, Till, Mad
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
- Jules Renard
Wait, Very, Very Long Time, Duck
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
- Jules Renard
Success, Failure, Only, Punishment
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
- Jules Renard
Love, Like, Hourglass, Filling
We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.
- Jules Renard
Happy, Interest, Even, Advise
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
- Jules Renard
Small, Always, Making, Currency
Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
- Jules Renard
Quantity, Hundred, Does, Writes
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
- Jules Renard
Finance, Other, Worries, Distinguishes
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
- Jules Renard
Optimist, Driver, Hydrant, Beside
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
- Jules Renard
Beautiful, Feet, Line, Verse
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
- Jules Renard
Moments, Goes, Well, Frightened
The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
- Jules Renard
Calm, Cat, Ideal, Sitting
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
Woman, Pretty, Other, Open
The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.
- Jules Renard
World, Injustice, Forget, Dreadful
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
- Jules Renard
Truth, Shock, Which, Appeals
Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.
- Jules Renard
Reach, Come, Must, Socialism
As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more and more.
- Jules Renard
Love, Grow, More, To Love
We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
- Jules Renard
Mystery, Lives, Spend, Our Lives
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
- Jules Renard
Giving, Turn, Invitation, Dinner
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
- Jules Renard
Nature, Earth, Pieces, Heaven
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
Perfect, Some, Air, Exists
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
- Jules Renard
Better, His, Would, Exists
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
- Jules Renard
I Am, Say, Even, Sincere
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
- Jules Renard
Funny, Habit, Resting, Laziness
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
- Jules Renard
Ridiculous, Profession, Considers
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.
- Jules Renard
Inspirational, Waiting, Take, Action
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.
- Jules Renard
Men, Reward, Sure, Quite
Fame is a constant effort.
- Jules Renard
Fame, Constant, Effort
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.
- Jules Renard
Try, Afraid, Being, Lonely
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
- Jules Renard
Alone, Places, Which, Sees
A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.
- Jules Renard
Suffering, Head, Idea, Causes
The bourgeois are other people.
- Jules Renard
People, Other, Bourgeois
It is not how old you are, but how you are old.
- Jules Renard
You, Old, How, Age
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