I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUGirls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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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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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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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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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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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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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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