"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."
"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."
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Source: Jules Renard, Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Roget (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.269, Tin House Books
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