Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

Quote by Jules Renard

Topics: Literature Quotes, Talent Quotes, Writers Quotes, Writing Quotes

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

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

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if...

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if...

Love is like an hourglass with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass with the heart filling up as the brain empties

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less I grow to love it more...

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have...

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.