A beautiful line of verse has twelve fee... by Jules Renard | We Heart Quotes

Writer Novelist French playwright Feet

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

- Jules Renard

Other quotes by Jules Renard

Men

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.

- Jules Renard

People

The bourgeois are other people.

- Jules Renard

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

- Jules Renard

Right Being

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

- Jules Renard

Injustice Success World

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

- Jules Renard

Words

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.

- Jules Renard

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