I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUTo do is to be.
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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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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.
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In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.
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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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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?
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If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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