What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUI perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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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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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
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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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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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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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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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