Character Quote by Antoine Rivarol

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance…

— Antoine Rivarol

Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration.

— Antoine Rivarol

Women read each other at a single glance.

— Antoine Rivarol

Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.

— Antoine Rivarol

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them…

— Antoine Rivarol

The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial…

— Antoine Rivarol

The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.

— 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

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

— Antoine Rivarol

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

— Antoine Rivarol

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

— Antoine Rivarol

The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.

— Antoine Rivarol