I may be no better, but at least I am different.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThere is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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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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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
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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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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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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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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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In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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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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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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