Renaud Dillies quotes
Comic author and illustrator
About Renaud Dillies
Renaud Dilliès works as a comic artist and author in the Franco-Belgian scene, noted for albums that combine careful illustration with literary, narrative sensibilities. He has been involved in projects such as Abélard and collaborates frequently with French-language writers and publishers.
Works: Abélard; La danse des petits papiers (connected to his publications)
Quotes
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Source: Letters to Lucilius, 104.26
MisattributedWhat we know
- What is documented
- Editorial corrections identify the Latin sentence in Seneca's Moral Letters to Lucilius, letter 104, section 26.
- What remains uncertain
- Although often attributed to Renaud Dillies in modern compilations (linked to a comics context), that ascription is likely apocryphal and disputed.
The insight: daring often comes before success — hesitation makes problems loom larger. Rooted in Stoic moral writing, the line reframes difficulty as partly self-made. Although widely seen on modern quote pages, editorial work traces the saying back to Seneca.