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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Nature Ourselves Perspective
I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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Choice Man Myself
Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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Life Person Right Risk
However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
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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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To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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Equality Freedom Humanity Man Oneself Right
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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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
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The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.
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Believe Enough Man People Pieces Simplicity
Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Happiness Nature People
I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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Humanity Liberty Man Right
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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