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
growing-up heart men
That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.
men opulence poverty
If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.
men brave deeds
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
heart men mind
Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.
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.
men helping method
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
men greed gains
There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.
practice impossible theory
Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.
praise
It is not he who searches for praise who finds it.
sometimes virtue
Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue.
cousin stupidity firsts
Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.
heart ungrateful may
To be ungrateful is to be unnatural. The head may be thus guilty, not the heart.
daughter mother character
It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.
children people malice
The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.