Jules Renard

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

"Failure is not the only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others. "

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

"I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. "

"I finally know what distinguishes man from other beasts financial worries. - Journals "

"If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little bit more. "

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. "

"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. "

"Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. "

"The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice. "

"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. "

"There are moments when everything goes well don't be frightened, it won't last. "

"There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. "

"We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it. "