It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUEverything 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 may be no better, but at least I am different.
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature.
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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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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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The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.
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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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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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