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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.