People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThe imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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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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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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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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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.
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