Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUWe cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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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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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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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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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To do is to be.
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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 man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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