Quotes by Rivarol, Antoine

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

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

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

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

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

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"Memory always obeys the commands of the heart."

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

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"Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors."

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

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"Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech."

Rivarol, Antoine on speech
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"The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it."

Rivarol, Antoine on wealth