Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol