Jules Renard

It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish. ↗

— Jules Renard

#death #mortality #reading #death

The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it. ↗

— Jules Renard

#peasants #nature

L'amore è come una clessidra: man mano che il cuore si riempie, il cervello si svuota. ↗

— Jules Renard

#hourglass #love #love

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

— Jules Renard

#cold #head #idea #less #suffering

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

— Jules Renard

#feet #line #twelve #two #verse

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

— Jules Renard

#dreadful #forget #injustice #makes #success

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. ↗

— Jules Renard

#least #makes #many #power #shock

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

— Jules Renard

#completely #entire #moments #places #sees

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. ↗

— Jules Renard

#also #ask #everything #get #out

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

— Jules Renard

#frightened #goes #moments #well