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

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...

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 spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

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

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

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...

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long...

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long...

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

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