Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUTo live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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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.
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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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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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.
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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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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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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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