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.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUI 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.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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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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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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He who blushes is already guilty.
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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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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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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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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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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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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