The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUMy birth was my first misfortune.
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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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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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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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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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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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To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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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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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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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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