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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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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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Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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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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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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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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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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