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.
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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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My birth was my first misfortune.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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 do is to be.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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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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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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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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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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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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