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Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.

Jules Renard

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Jules Renard
Age: 43 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: May 24
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Chalons-du-Maine
Pierre-Jules Renard
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We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.
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Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.
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It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.
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Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
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