It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThere 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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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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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 liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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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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He who blushes is already guilty.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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