Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUIt is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one there is tempted to disobey its gentle voice.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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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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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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The real world has its limits; the imaginary world is infinite. Unable to enlarge the one, let us restrict the other, for it is from the difference between the two alone that are born all the pains which make us truly unhappy.
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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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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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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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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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