I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUMan 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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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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To do is to be.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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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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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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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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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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If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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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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He who blushes is already guilty.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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