"A fool may have his coat embroidered with……" — Antoine Rivarol
"A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still."
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Antoine Rivarol
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26 Quotes by Antoine Rivarol
Antoine Rivarol has 26 quotes on this site.
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Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.
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Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
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Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.
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There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.
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The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often…
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There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as…
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Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
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What isn’t clear, isn’t French.
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Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.
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It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse 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…
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Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
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More Coat Quotes
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Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent:…
— Russell Baker
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I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?
— Clara Barton
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Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?
— Robert Benchley
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I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.
— Albert Brooks
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I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the…
— Charlie Chaplin
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I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple…
— Tracy Chapman
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Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for…
— Hillary Clinton
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Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat…
— Dorothy Allison
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With the ministry's motto 'Research on a Shoestring' emblazoned on his coat of arms, he has to struggle with a…
— Harold Wilson
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It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old water-proof on the coat…
— Ernest Hemingway
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Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
— Austin Phelps
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Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another…
— James F. Cooper
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