To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUHe who blushes is already guilty.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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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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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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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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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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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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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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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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