The only man who is really ...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
 Jules Renard

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.
 Jules Renard
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
 Jules Renard
We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it would not be proper.
 Jules Renard
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
 Jules Renard
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
 Jules Renard