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
history events rich
History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events.
art nice dull
Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.
children self unhappy
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
men helping method
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
time giving firsts
Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.
character passion ideas
The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion.
memories heart command
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
witty people world
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
men greed gains
There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.
soul gold sun
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
way nine persons
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
people democracy nero
The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.
ideas hands bears
Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.
people political steel
The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.