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Jules Renard
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“She is the most faithful of all the wives: in fact, she has not deceived any of her lovers. (October 23, C.E.1981; Vergani, p. 184)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A fly is dirtier in winter than in summer. It seems that she stayed in our room not because of the heat, but only because she was attracted by our rotten smell. (November 25, C.E.1901; Vergani, p. 190)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“old age comes abruptly, like snow. One morning, when you wake up, you realize that everything is white. (December 9, C.E.1901; Vergani, p. 190)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The poets take the pleasure of sitting on Olympus; but they are too small, and their feet do not touch the ground. (December 11, C.E.1901; Vergani, p. 191)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My worn pants on the knee denounce that every night I look to see if there is someone under the bed. (December 22, C.E.1901; Vergani, p. 191)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Disease|disease]] are the great maneuvers of death. (January 20, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 192)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know that literature does not feed the man who engages in it. Luckily I never have much of an appetite. (February 11, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 192)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The kangaroo, giant flea. (April 30, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 195)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First Communion: the children all seem to have been injured in their left arm. (May 7, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 195)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Brain. Man walks with his roots in his head. (May 23, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 196)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Death could be the dream if, at a stroke, one could open an eye. (May 24, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 196)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The layman is the man who tirelessly seeks God and never finds Him. (June 16, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 198)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fidelity, during life, is nothing: but what a humiliation it is to die and appear before God without ever having deceived one's wife! (June 16, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 198)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With my lantern, I found a man: myself. I look at him. (June 23, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 198)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“«Cuckold»: strange that this little word doesn't have the feminine. (August 2, C.E.1902)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One year is over. A slice has been cut off at time, and time remains whole. (December 31, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 199)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His accomplishments say he's talented, and his fiascos say he's a thinker. (January 25, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 200)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are people like that boring who make us lose a day in five minutes. (February 1, C.E.1903)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That woman shows her breasts and believes she is offering her heart. (March 2, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 200)”
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“Rostand, the poet of crowds who think they are intelligent. (July 12, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 207)”
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“When you are sick the face immediately begins to decompose and the earth of which we are made begins to resurface. (July 12, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 207)”
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“Pulling their truth out of the well, the prying people bathe everywhere. (August 1, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 209)”
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“[Peasants]] look too much at the cemetery and not enough at death. (August 1, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 209)”
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“[Peasants]] fight dirt only with sweat. (August 1, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 209)”
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“Every year, one defect more. Here's our only progress. (October 10, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 209)”
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“My mother coughs all the time, not because she needs to cough, but to let people know she's there. (December 30, C.E.1903; Vergani, p. 211)”
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“funerals also have something good about them: they serve to reconcile families. (January 30, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 216)”
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“The moralists who extol work make me think of those fellows who have been deceived by the lure of a fairground sideshow and, in revenge, try to get others in. (March 11, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 216)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not made for fighting. I'm made to kill people by shooting in the backside. (April 19, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 217)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peasant women are like the flowers of the field that, if you smell them, either taste of nothing or stink. (May 23, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 218)”
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“As mayor I have to worry about the good maintenance of the roads in the countryside: as a poet I would prefer them to be neglected. (May 28, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 218)”
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“Ever since I met the real peasants, every bucolic has seemed like a lie to me: even mine. (September 19, C.E.1904; Vergani, pp. 219-220)”
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“In that face marked with smallpox, it seems that there is something written in Braille, with characters for the blind. (December 5, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 223)”
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“Yes. You should be socialist and at the same time earn a lot of money. (December 15, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 224)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know at last what distinguishes man from beasts; financial difficulties. (December 16, C.E.1904; Vergani, p. 224)”
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“When I think that maybe I wouldn't be socialist if I could have written a play in three acts! (January 9, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 225)”
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“Slavs: writers who write between the lines instead of writing on them. (January 9, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 225)”
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“I have an anticlerical soul and a monk's heart. (January 24, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 227)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Feminism. Yes, I think it is right, before giving a woman a child, to ask her if she wants one. (March 2, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 229)”
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“Free thinker. Thinker would suffice. (June 26, C.E.1905)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you fear loneliness, try not to be righteous. (July 10, C.E.1905)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What about the wind? All the gusts of wind come to moan at his door. (October 4, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 232)”
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“I live locked in my laziness like inside a prison. (October 9, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 232)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't write too much because I never risk too much. (December 8, C.E.1905; Vergani, p. 232)”
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“[[Posterity] is trusted so much. But why should the men of tomorrow be less stupid than those of today? (January 24, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 233)”
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“The truest word, the most exact word, the most meaningful is the word "nothing". (January 26, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 233)”
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“The muddy water of memory, where everything that falls is hidden. If you move it, something comes back to the surface. (February 10, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 234)”
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“Woman should live only one season out of four. It should reappear every year. (February 10, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 234)”
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“Actresses. You must always learn the art of stepping over the hands that offer you to kiss. (February 12, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 234)”
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“The old fish-faced actress always tries to talk to you against the light. (February 13, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 234)”
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