Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, and in trembling for the future.


Pensées, traits et bons mots (1808). Also in: A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)

Antoine de Rivarol Quotes

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, and in trembling for the future.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, and in trembling for the future.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, and in trembling for the future.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, and in trembling for the future.