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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

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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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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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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Believe Different Existence Myself See
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Book Hate Myself Teaching
I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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Born Misfortune Myself
He who blushes is already guilty.
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Guilty Himself
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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Difficult Live Oneself Survive Thinking
In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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Citizen Enough Force Humanity Respect Rich Worth
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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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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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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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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Goodness Oneself Survive
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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Destroy Goodness Hands Man World
Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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