I may be no better, but at least I am different.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUIf 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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying ‘this is mine’, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
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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 perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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