We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it Jules Renard More Quotes by Jules Renard More Quotes From Jules Renard As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more. Jules Renard marriagelovelife On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. Jules Renard piecesnatureheaven I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. Jules Renard sarcasticgodfunny There are no friends; only moments of friendship. Jules Renard no-friendsmoments The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. Jules Renard cathumanityanimal When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. Jules Renard clarityblamefaults There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened. Jules Renard momentsinspirationallife I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me. Jules Renard forget-everythingmemoriesworld It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be. Jules Renard enoughjoyhappiness There is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow. Jules Renard literaturewritingpay Art: to nudge truth along a little. Jules Renard nudgelittlesart Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you. Jules Renard like-herrelationshipcompliment When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness. Jules Renard certainbookthinking 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. Jules Renard fashionairwriting Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today? Jules Renard stupidtodaypeople We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice. Jules Renard injusticegreater Only in this world do we laugh: in hell, it won't be possible; and in heaven, it won't be proper. Jules Renard laughterlaughingheaven The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice. Jules Renard injusticeforgetworld Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Jules Renard motivationbusinessrunning I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. Jules Renard sinceritysincere
