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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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Civilization Deep Home Imagination Man Nature Philosophy
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
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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Force Freedom Himself Human Man Myself Power Thinking Willing
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Book Hate Myself Teaching
The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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Heart Imagination Savage Talk
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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Greatness Kindness Wisdom
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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Limitation Reality World
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
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Greatness People Philosophy Talk
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
There 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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Character Myself Time
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Hate Myself Talk Teaching
From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Freedom Liberty Nation
Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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Beginning Body Death Leaving Mortal
Every artists wants to be applauded
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Art Praise
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

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