Top 14 Quotes by Antoine Rivarol

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

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

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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

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

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

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

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

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

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.