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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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying ‘this is mine’, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?
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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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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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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 renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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