Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUAll my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.
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There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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To do is to be.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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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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There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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