Antoine Rivarol Quotes


That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.


Citations

Rivarol, Antoine. De l'Homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles et de ses idées premières. Vol. 1, Cide, 1800, p. 28.

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Antoine Rivarol
Antoine Rivarol
  • Born: June 26, 1753
  • Died: April 11, 1801
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Journalist

Antoine de Rivarol was a Royalist French writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era. He was briefly married to the translator Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol.