Talent Quote by Michel De Montaigne

“When a man is commonplace in discussion yet valued for what he writes that shows that his talents lie in his borrowed sources not…

— Michel de Montaigne

When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

— Josh Billings

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains,…

— Benjamin Disraeli

“A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, but in his book…

— W. Somerset Maugham

A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great…

— Joseph Addison

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to…

— Criss Jami

The borrowing is often honest enough, and comes of magnanimity and stoutness. A great man quotes bravely and will not draw on his invention…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too.

— Walter Kirn

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this…

— Arthur Helps

“He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others-not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to…

— C.S. Lewis

“A man’s work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, and you can only…

— W. Somerset Maugham