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 ROUSSEAUNature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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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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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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 live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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