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
coats arms individual
The personal pronoun "I" should be the coat of arms of some individuals.
poverty unexpected wealth
Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth.
wit readiness
There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.
subterfuge fallacy seeing
Wrong is wrong; no fallacy can hide it, no subterfuge cover it so shrewdly but that the All-Seeing One will discover and punish it.
silence vices avoiding
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.
eras youth consideration
Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration.
glances
Women read each other at a single glance.
sea rivers rumor
Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea.
heart men mind
Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.
friendship said suspension
It is said that friendship between women is only a suspension of hostilities.
consciousness felicity
True felicity consists of its own consciousness.
passion actors reason
Reason is an historian, but the passions are actors.
gossip tea age
The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.
men envy generosity
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.