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Antoine Rivarol Quotes

«Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.»
«Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Men | Keywords: complaining, fearing, reasoning, spends
«Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | Keywords: commands, memory, obeys
«Vices are often habits rather than passions»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Passion, Vice
«Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Familiarity | Keywords: closest, hatreds
«To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Reverie | Keywords: extremes, reveries
«Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Reason
«Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Speech | Keywords: external, internal
«Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls»
«Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.»
Author: Antoine Rivarol | About: Ideas