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Antoine Rivarol [1753-1801] French

Rank: 106
Journalist, Writer

Antoine de Rivarol was a Royalist French writer during the Revolutionary era. He was briefly married to the translator Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol.

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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.		101
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.		102
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.	Future	103
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.		104
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.		105
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.		106
Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.		107
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.		108
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.		109
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.		110
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.		111
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.		112
Vices are often habits rather than passions.		113
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.		114

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