Acquire Quote by Antoine Rivarol

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“The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.”

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

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

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Women read each other at a single glance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

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

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

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