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The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying ‘this is mine’, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Greatness People Philosophy Talk
I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
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Believe Different Existence Myself See
What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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Goodness Oneself Survive
If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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Civilization Deep Home Imagination Man Nature Philosophy
I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
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Force Freedom Himself Human Man Myself Power Thinking Willing
A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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Honesty Soul Taste
Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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Dignity Goodness Man Pay Truth
My birth was my first misfortune.
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Born Misfortune Myself
Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Food Goodness Happiness Money
The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
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Existence Himself Judgement Live Man Talk
If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?
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Believe Fantasy People Reality World
To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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Equality Freedom Humanity Man Oneself Right
What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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Goodness Happiness Opinion Ourselves Philosophy Self Love
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Book Hate Myself Teaching
Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.
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Age Care Himself Judgement Law Man Philosophy Reason
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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Civilization Discover Evil Hope Race