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Jules Renard
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“They are a dry tree that is just waiting for other people's leaves. (March 5, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“dormers look like the square eyes of rooftops. (March 5, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't know if it is possible to correct one's own faults, but I do know that one can be disgusted by one's own qualities especially when one finds them in others. (March 10, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Your page on autumn must give you the same pleasure as walking on dead leaves. (March 10, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imagine life without death. Out of desperation, people would try to kill themselves every day. (March 13, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some friends distrust us as if they believe that we know the depths of their souls. (March 13, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have a forehead like hydrocephalus, and my ideas disappear every moment underwater. Then they come back to the surface like the drowned. (March 21, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 236)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes I don't have blood in my veins except to get bad blood. (March 24, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 237)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't bend, but I break. (June 19, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 238)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The truth I pulled up from my well can't get out of its chain. (June 19, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 239)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People don't talk about me anymore except in relation to others. (June 27, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 239)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be happy is to be envied. Now there's always someone who envies us. It's a matter of finding out. (July 1, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 239)”
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“equality is the utopia of envy. Yes, but we will suppress it by suppressing the reasons for our pride. (August 7, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 239)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The peasants do not envy the owner of the castle: but they envy the neighbor who has made his fortune. (August 9, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 239)”
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“Continuous work is as stupid as continuous rest. (August 16, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 241)”
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“Our dream bumps against the mystery like a wasp against a glass. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window. (August 16, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 241)”
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“To romanticize a peasant is almost an insult to his misery. The peasant has no history, or at least no story from a novel. (September 12, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 241)”
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“Every moment I turn off and on again. My soul is full of unlit matches. (September 18, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 242)”
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“The sun rises before me, but I lie down after him. We are tied and drawn. (September 24, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 242)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am envious in nature, but I have never had the patience to be ambitious. (October 9, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 242)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My books are so far removed from me that I am already a kind of posterity to them. This is my precise judgment: I will never read them again. (November 29, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 245)”
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“The bat flies with its rain cover. (December 1, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 245)”
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“You Must Not Love Shakespeare then very late, when one has a disgust for perfection. (December 4, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 246)”
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“A journal editor will give you a good hour to explain why he doesn't have time to read your manuscript. But at least he had that hour to read it. (December 10, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 247)”
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“Eulogy funeral. Half of this praise would have sufficed for him when he was alive. (December 16, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 248)”
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“A socialist independent to the point of not being afraid to make luxuries. (December 19, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 248)”
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“The year has too long an agony. You are sad on December 20, and on the 31st you don't notice that the year dies. (December 20, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 248)”
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“The penguin with the tips of its wings in its waistcoat pocket. (December 22, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 248)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To have the dreams light asleep with eyes full of moon. (December 27, C.E.1906; Vergani, p. 248)”
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“A man of character does not have a good character. (January 2, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 249)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As soon as I happen to work a little, I immediately believe that everything is due to me and the slightest annoyance seems to me an injustice. (January 4, C.E.1907; p. 249)”
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“Experience is a useful gift that serves no purpose. (January 8, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 249)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Native country, mortal country. (June 19, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 252)”
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“The country of birth is all here: a minute of emotion every now and then, but not always. (August 10, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 253)”
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“You need to write how you speak, if you speak well. (August 22, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 253)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Car is boredom that becomes vertigo. They immediately ask you how much horsepower the engine has. Let's say 15,000 and let's not talk about it anymore. (August 29, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 253)”
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“The blush spreads on a maiden's cheek like the fogging of breath on a glass of cold water. (September 11, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 253)”
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“The moon is sexless. (September 20, C.E.1907; Vergani, p. 254)”
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“I'm passionate for a few minutes a day, but no woman takes advantage of it. (January 7, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 261)”
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“Migraines. In the morning I wake up with a huge head. (January 8, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 261)”
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“Oh, something new! Something new, even if it were to be my death. (January 19, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 261)”
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“Collectivism! But talent can only be individual. (February 4, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 262)”
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“Forty-four years is the age at which one begins to no longer be able to hope to live twice as long. (February 21, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 262)”
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“The arm I would like to reach out to my manuscript is paralyzed. There is nothing that disgusts me more than the sketches of my manuscripts. They look like crushed eggs before they were hatched. (July 31, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 263)”
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“Anatole France, after all, is only the first of the amateurs. (October 15, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 263)”
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“In style, the image is a germ of corruption. (October 30, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 263)”
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“There are times when everything goes your way. There is no need to be afraid. These are moments that pass. (October 31, C.E.1908; Vergani, p. 263)”
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“Everything tires. Even the image, which is so helpful, ends up tiring. A style without images would be a superior style, but you only get there after long turns and after many excesses. (May 4, C.E.1909; Vergani, p. 269)”
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“You should write how you breathe. A harmonious breath, with its slowness and its suddenly hurried rhythms, a natural breath, here, the symbol of beautiful style. (May 4, C.E.1909; Vergani, p. 270)”
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“The artist only counts on the unexpected. (May 7, C.E.1909; Vergani, p. 270)”
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