Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
- Antoine Rivarol
Thought, Speech, Internal, External
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
- Antoine Rivarol
Nothing, Abuse, Advantage, Immense
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
- Antoine Rivarol
Mystery, Pursuit, Haze, Enchantment
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
- Antoine Rivarol
Future, Past, His, Fearing
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
- Antoine Rivarol
Fame, Exception, Rule, Oblivion
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
- Antoine Rivarol
Reason, Historian, Passions
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
- Antoine Rivarol
Gold, Like, Which, Wax
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.
- Antoine Rivarol
Nine, Tenth, Bad Way, Something Good
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
- Antoine Rivarol
Heart, Memory, Always, Commands
Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.
- Antoine Rivarol
Hands, Interest, Capital, Bears
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
- Antoine Rivarol
People, More, Generally, Wit
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
- Antoine Rivarol
Very, Reverie, Either, Extremes
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
- Antoine Rivarol
Wealth, Worry, Some, Losing
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