Antoine de Rivarol quotes

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Antoine de Rivarol

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds.

Antoine de Rivarol

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Antoine de Rivarol

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Antoine de Rivarol

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Antoine de Rivarol

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

Antoine de Rivarol

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Antoine de Rivarol

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Antoine de Rivarol

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

Antoine de Rivarol

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

Antoine de Rivarol

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Antoine de Rivarol

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Antoine de Rivarol

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

Antoine de Rivarol

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

Antoine de Rivarol

Very nice, though there are dull stretches.

Antoine de Rivarol

Cats don't caress usﾗthey caress themselves on us.

Antoine de Rivarol