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Style means the right word. The rest matters little.
Jules Renard
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Jules Renard
Age: 43 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: May 24
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Pierre-Jules Renard
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Wrinkles are engraved smiles.
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The void yields up nothing. You have to be a great poet to make it ring.
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The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.
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I am never bored to be bored is an insult to one's self.
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To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.
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To think is not enough, you must think of something.
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If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
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The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.
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Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.
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The bourgeois are other people.
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We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.
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It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.
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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
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