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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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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

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.

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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...

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

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

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

Fame is a constant effort.

Fame is a constant effort.

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

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

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...

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.