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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
To 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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Act Breathe Existence Feeling Live Ourselves Philosophy Yourself
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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Danger Liberty Myself Peace Slave
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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Believe Different Existence Myself See
Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Choice Heart Inspirational Trust
To do is to be.
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Action One Liner
From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Freedom Liberty Nation
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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Death Destroy Fear Greatness Himself Human Law Lie Man
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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Imagination Love Myself Time
Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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Children Friendship Myself Quit Wake Up
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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Believe Enough Greatness Himself People Pieces Reality Simplicity
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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Imagination Love Myself Solitude Time
It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one there is tempted to disobey its gentle voice.
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Justice Law Moral Nature Place Virtue Voice
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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Greatness Kindness Wisdom
Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Nature Ourselves Perspective
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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