WIST Quotations

Renard, Jules -- Journal

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal

Renard, Jules -- Journal (1898)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal (1898)

Renard, Jules -- Journal (Feb 1890)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal (Feb 1890)

Renard, Jules -- Journal (Jul 1899) [tr. Bogan and Roget (1964)]

Dave — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:28:27 +0000

Our life seems like a trial run.

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal (Jul 1899) [tr. Bogan and Roget (1964)]

Renard, Jules -- Journal (May 1906) [tr. Bogan & Roget (1964)]

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Laziness: the habit of resting before fatigue sets in.

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal (May 1906) [tr. Bogan & Roget (1964)]

Also attributed to Mortimer Caplin.

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

Renard, Jules -- Journal (Nov 1906) [tr. Bogan & Roget (1964)]

Dave — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:50:39 +0000

What happens to all the tears we do not shed?

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal (Nov 1906) [tr. Bogan & Roget (1964)]

Renard, Jules -- Journal (Oct 1908)

Dave — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:07:01 +0000

When the defects of others are perceived with too much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.

Jules Renard (1864-1910) French writer
Journal (Oct 1908)