People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUI 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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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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 world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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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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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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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 no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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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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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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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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