On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Quote by Jules Renard

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The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

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...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

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...

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

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...