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We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

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
Mystery
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Talking
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Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.
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The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead
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Only in this world do we laugh: in hell, it won't be possible and in heaven, it won't be proper.
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If money does not make you happy, give it back
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In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.
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I find that when I do not think of myself I do not think at all.
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Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
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How many people have wanted to kill themselves, and have been content with tearing up their photograph!
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To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.
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Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.
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Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.
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God, he whom everyone knows, by name.
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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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The void yields up nothing. You have to be a great poet to make it ring.
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I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts.
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We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.
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