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

Jules Renard

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Jules Renard
Age: 43 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: May 24
Aphorist
Author
Diarist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chalons-du-Maine
Pierre-Jules Renard
Punishment
Failure
Success
Others
Also
Sloth
Congratulations
Laziness

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