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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThere is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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The real world has its limits; the imaginary world is infinite. Unable to enlarge the one, let us restrict the other, for it is from the difference between the two alone that are born all the pains which make us truly unhappy.
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
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I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature.
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To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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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