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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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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Life Live Man
The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
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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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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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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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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Book Hate Myself Teaching
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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Destroy Goodness Hands Man World
To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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God Himself Myself Religious Spiritual
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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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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Character Faith Loyalty Promise Word
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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Born Freedom Man Philosophy
Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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