Vices are often habits rather than passions

Quote by Antoine Rivarol

Topics: Passion Quotes, Vice Quotes

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Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in...

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in...

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have...

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have...

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of...

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of...