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“And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain.
Therefore, Farewell:”
― The Essays: A Selection
Therefore, Farewell:”
― The Essays: A Selection

“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays

“Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.”
― The Essays: A Selection
― The Essays: A Selection

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― The Journal of Jules Renard
― The Journal of Jules Renard

“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays

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