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

—Jules Renard

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Pierre-Jules Renard (pronounced [pjɛʁ ʒyl ʁənaʁ]; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French novelist, playwright, and diarist. He was a member of the Académie Goncourt and is acclaimed for Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894), a bitterly ironical account of his own childhood. His other famous works...

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Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

—Jules Renard

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

—Jules Renard

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

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

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

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Quality is pride of workmanship.

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Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

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Instead of bucking your head against a stone wall… sit quietly with hands folded and wait for the wall to crumble. If you're willing to wait an eternity, it may happen in the twinkling of an eye. For walls often give way quicker than the proud spirit which rules us. Don't sit and pray that it will happen! Just sit and watch it happen.

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Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.

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