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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThe world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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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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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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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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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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Every artists wants to be applauded
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It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one there is tempted to disobey its gentle voice.
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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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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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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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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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