What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUIt 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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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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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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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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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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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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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.
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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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Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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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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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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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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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
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