Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUIf there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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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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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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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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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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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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, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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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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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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