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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

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 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...

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

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

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

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...

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.

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 small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is okay of airing out your frustration, just don't dwell on them. Find out...

It is okay of airing out your frustration, just don't dwell on them. Find out...

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.