Antoine Rivarol
Antoine Rivarol
Antoine de Rivarolwas a Royalist French writer during the Revolutionary era. He was briefly married to the translator Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionJournalist
CountryFrance
infancy tenderness
Tenderness is the infancy of love.
speech internals
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
roots hatred interest
Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.
flirting principles duty
There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.
clear
What isn’t clear, isn’t French.
cat caress
Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.
doubt abuse done
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
gold may fool
A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.
passion actors reason
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
passion vices habit
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
brain said has-beens
It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains.
silence betrayed
Silence never yet betrayed any one!
fire vitality devotion
The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.
vices dignity
There is even the dignity of vice.