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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUBeing 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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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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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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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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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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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Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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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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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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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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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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