People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThe 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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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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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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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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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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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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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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The social pact, far from destroying natural equality, substitutes, on the contrary, a moral and lawful equality for whatever physical inequality that nature may have imposed on mankind; so that however unequal in strength and intelligence, men become equal by covenant and by right.
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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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