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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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Freedom Liberty Nation
All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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Misfortune Myself Thinking Trust
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
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Hate Myself Talk Teaching
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Book Hate Myself Teaching
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
Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Food Goodness Happiness Money
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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Children Danger Lying Man Teaching
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
The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
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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Beginning Goodness Love Writing
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
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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Greatness Kindness Wisdom
A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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Honesty Soul Taste
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
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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Freedom Mistake People Regard Slave