I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature..
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThe 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 respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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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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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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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 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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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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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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Every artists wants to be applauded
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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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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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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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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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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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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I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
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MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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