To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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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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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.
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To do is to be.
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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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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