The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Quote by Jules Renard

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The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

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.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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...

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my...

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my...

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.