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 ROUSSEAUIf 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 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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He who blushes is already guilty.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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