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Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.
Antoine Rivarol
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Antoine Rivarol
Age: 47 †
Born: 1753
Born: June 26
Died: 1801
Died: April 11
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French Moralist
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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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Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.
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The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
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What isn’t clear, isn’t French.
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The woman who too easily and ardently yielded her devotion will find that its vitality, like a bright fire, soon consumes itself.
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
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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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Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.
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