Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUI feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature..
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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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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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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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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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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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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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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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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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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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