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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUTo 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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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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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Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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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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What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?
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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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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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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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It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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The 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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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 prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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