Antoine Rivarol Quotes
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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 brilliancy.
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The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
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It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains.
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It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
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A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.
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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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Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.
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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.