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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.
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Believe Enough Man People Pieces Simplicity
There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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Character Myself Time
MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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Born Free Greatness Himself Man Slave Thinking
Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Choice Heart Inspirational Trust
The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
He who blushes is already guilty.
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Guilty Himself
I 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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Feeling Happiness Identify Myself Nature
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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Character Faith Loyalty Promise Word
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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Civilization Discover Evil Hope Race
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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Believe Different Existence Myself See
Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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Blood Human Nature Price Worth
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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Desire Money Philosophy Rich Seek Time
There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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Change Evil Goodness Worth
Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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Life Person Right Risk
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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Democracy Reality Responsibility
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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Citizen Enough Force Humanity Respect Rich Worth