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Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

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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
Literature
Success
Keep
Writing
Proving
People
Occupation
None
Prove
Talent

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