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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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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Civilization Deep Home Imagination Man Nature Philosophy
From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Happiness Nature People
A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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Honesty Soul Taste
Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Greatness People Philosophy Talk
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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Misfortune Myself Thinking Trust
Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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Life Person Right Risk
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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Danger Liberty Myself Peace Slave
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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Difficult Live Oneself Survive Thinking
The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.
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Freedom Mistake People Regard Slave
Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Nature Ourselves Perspective
Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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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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