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

Quote by Jules Renard

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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...

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.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

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.

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...

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

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

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Fame is a constant effort.

Fame is a constant effort.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted...

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted...