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.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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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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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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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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I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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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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My birth was my first misfortune.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying ‘this is mine’, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
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It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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