I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUTo 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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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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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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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