As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more and more

Quote by Jules Renard

Topics: Life Quotes, Living Quotes

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

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

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

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long...

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long...

Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not...

Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if...

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if...

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For...

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For...

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people...

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people...

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

Mr. Fitzgerald--I believe that is how he spells his name--seems to believe that plagiarism begins...

Mr. Fitzgerald--I believe that is how he spells his name--seems to believe that plagiarism begins...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live...

I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all...

I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all...