The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.

Quote by Jules Renard

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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...

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...

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.

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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

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...

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

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

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...

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

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 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.

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...

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

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...

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...

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into...

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...