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I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature..

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.
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Body Freedom Government Law Politics
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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Humanity Liberty Man Right
From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Freedom Liberty Nation
Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Food Goodness Happiness Money
Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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Blood Human Nature Price Worth
Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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Beginning Body Death Leaving Mortal
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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Instagram Captions Simplicity
I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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Happiness Live Myself
The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Hate Myself Talk Teaching
However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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Act Greatness Learning Man Talent Writing
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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Freedom Mistake People Regard Slave
In any real democracy, magistracy isn’t a benefit—it’s a burdensome responsibility that can’t fairly be imposed on one individual rather than another.
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Democracy Reality Responsibility
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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Character Faith Loyalty Promise Word
What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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Goodness Happiness Opinion Ourselves Philosophy Self Love
Being 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.
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Desire Money Philosophy Rich Seek Time