Antoine Rivarol Quotes
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
Quotes to Explore
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.
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The JOBS Act will allow entrepreneurs to utilize 'crowdfunding,' which permits them to raise equity capital from a large pool of small investors.
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Artists talk in 'art speak.'
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We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it.
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I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.
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With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.
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To love is to act.
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He who talks much cannot talk well.
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One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom another's folly.
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Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.
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And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives as not to abuse or waste the reputation of your ancestors, knowing that to a man who has any self-respect, nothing is more dishonourable than to be honoured, not for his own sake, but on account of the reputation of his ancestors.
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I think the problem with polemics is that it's general and it's lazy. When you say, "This is bad," that's a general thing. We're more interested in asking the question.
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Here's to new blood.
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There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.'
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It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
