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

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.

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...

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

Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not...

Our God and soldier we alike adore - Just at the brink of ruin not...

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

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

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

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

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

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...

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 be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in...

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in...

Every fair from fair sometime declines

Every fair from fair sometime declines