Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
Antoine Rivarol

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
Antoine Rivarol

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.
Antoine Rivarol

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
Antoine Rivarol

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
Antoine Rivarol

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
Antoine Rivarol

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
Antoine Rivarol

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
Antoine Rivarol

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
Antoine Rivarol

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
Antoine Rivarol

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
Antoine Rivarol

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
Antoine Rivarol

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
Antoine Rivarol

Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Antoine Rivarol