Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThe 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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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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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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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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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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.
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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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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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