The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Quote by Jules Renard

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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 grow to love it more...

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

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...

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.

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

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.

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

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

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...

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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...

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

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

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

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...

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...

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...

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.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

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

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

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.