Jules Renard - Man Quotes

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I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

Jules Renard

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

Jules Renard

The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

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Whenever I have talked to anyone at too great length, I am like a man who has drunk too much, and ashamed, doesn't know where to put himself.

Jules Renard

It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.

Jules Renard

Our dream dashes itself against the great mystery like a wasp against a window pane. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window.

Jules Renard