I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

Quote by Jules Renard

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

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

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

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...

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the...

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the...

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...

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...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

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

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

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Fame is a constant effort.

Fame is a constant effort.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...