The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUMan is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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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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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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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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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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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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The 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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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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To do is to be.
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A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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 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.
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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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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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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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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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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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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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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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