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To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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Goodness Oneself Survive
The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.
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Death Destroy Fear Greatness Himself Human Law Lie Man
MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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Freedom Greatness Man Slave Thinking
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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Desire Money Philosophy Rich Seek Time
Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Choice Heart Inspirational Trust
Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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Happiness Heart Opinion Philosophy
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
However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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Act Greatness Learning Man Talent Writing
Every artists wants to be applauded
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Art Praise
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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Civilization Discover Evil Hope Race
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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Citizen Force Greatness Imagination People Philosophy Soul World
In any real democracy, magistracy isn’t a benefit—it’s a burdensome responsibility that can’t fairly be imposed on one individual rather than another.
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Democracy Reality Responsibility
MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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Born Free Greatness Himself Man Slave Thinking
I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
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Believe Different Existence Myself See
There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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Deep Desire Enough Need Peace Prison