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

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fame is a constant effort.

Fame is a constant effort.

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.

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...

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

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

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

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...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

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...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

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

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all...

Love gives life meaning to live.

Love gives life meaning to live.