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
memories heart command
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
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.
coats arms individual
The personal pronoun "I" should be the coat of arms of some individuals.
glances
Women read each other at a single glance.
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.
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.
vices dignity
There is even the dignity of vice.
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.
infancy tenderness
Tenderness is the infancy of love.
humanity oblivion fame
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
decay written all-things
Mutability is written upon all things.
practice impossible theory
Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.
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.
praise
It is not he who searches for praise who finds it.