The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

Quote by Jules Renard

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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 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...

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.

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...

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.

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have...

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have...

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat