To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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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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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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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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