People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUBut in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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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 were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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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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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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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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The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.
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What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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