It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.
Vices are often habits rather than passions. - Antoine Rivarol
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
- Antoine Rivarol
The world is governed by love,--self-love. - Antoine Rivarol
The world is governed by love,--self-love.
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections. - Antoine Rivarol
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it. - Antoine Rivarol
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
True felicity consists of its own consciousness. - Antoine Rivarol
True felicity consists of its own consciousness.
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub! - Antoine Rivarol
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains. - Antoine Rivarol
It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains.
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. - Antoine Rivarol
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future. - Antoine Rivarol
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
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