Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.

Quote by Jules Renard

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

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

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...

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long...

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long...

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...

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.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

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

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

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.

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

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