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Antoine de Rivarol (26 June 1753 – 11 April 1801) was a Royalist French writer during the Revolutionary era. He was briefly married to the translator Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol.

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

People, Society, Speaking, Talking, Wit, Witty

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.

Fear, Gain, Gains, Greed, Men, Wealth

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

Nine, Persons, Ten, Way

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Command, Heart, Memories, Memory, Obeys

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Passion, Vices, Habit, Habits, Passions

Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.

Civilization, Doe, Lapses, Boasted, Lapse, Reaction

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

Abuse, Done, Doubt, Immense

History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events.

History, Events, Rich, Furnished, Dates

There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.

Flirting, Principles, Duty, Possible, Principle, Pleasing

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

Add, Adds, Enchantment, Fog, Haze

Tenderness is the infancy of love.

Infancy, Tenderness, Love

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

Age, Gossip, Maidens, Sauce, Subtle, Tea

Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.

Bluster, Brave, Bravery, Deeds, Men

If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.

Men, Opulence, Poverty, Fortune, Overwhelms, Groan

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Familiarity, Friendships, Hatred, Hatreds, Interest, Roots

That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.

Cultivated, Desert, Growing Up, Heart, Men

Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth.

Poverty, Unexpected, Wealth, Heels, Close

Wrong is wrong; no fallacy can hide it, no subterfuge cover it so shrewdly but that the All-Seeing One will discover and punish it.

Fallacy, Punish, Seeing, Shrewdly, Subterfuge

Mutability is written upon all things.

Decay, All Things, Mutability, Things, Written

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

Character, Easy, Men, Write, Writing

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