Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Quote by Jules Renard

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

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.

Fame is a constant effort.

Fame is a constant effort.

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...

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

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

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...

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.