Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUMan’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.
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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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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one there is tempted to disobey its gentle voice.
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The real world has its limits; the imaginary world is infinite. Unable to enlarge the one, let us restrict the other, for it is from the difference between the two alone that are born all the pains which make us truly unhappy.
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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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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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I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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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 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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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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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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