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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUWhy should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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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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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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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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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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It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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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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Every artists wants to be applauded
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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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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