Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Jules Renard Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Jan 22, 1864
  • Died: May 22, 1910

Pierre-Jules Renard or Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte and Les Histoires Naturelles. Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre and Huit jours à la campagne.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. money

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. being alone

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice. success

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. power

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. finance

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others. failure & success

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

3 wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 views from William Butler Yeats

28 views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill