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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUAll my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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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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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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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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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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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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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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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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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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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 would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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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. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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