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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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It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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Born Enemy Evil Freedom Greatness Himself Nation
I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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Happiness Live Myself
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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Character Myself Time
From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Freedom Liberty Nation
The real world has its limits; the imaginary world is infinite. Unable to enlarge the one, let us restrict the other, for it is from the difference between the two alone that are born all the pains which make us truly unhappy.
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Alone Born Difference Happiness Limitation Oneself Pain Reality World
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Hate Myself Talk Teaching
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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Humanity Liberty Man Right
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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Democracy Reality Responsibility
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
Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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Children Friendship Myself Quit Wake Up
What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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Goodness Oneself Survive
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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Imagination Love Myself Time
My birth was my first misfortune.
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Born Misfortune Myself
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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God Himself Myself Religious Spiritual
One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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Drink Kiss Oneself Wine Yourself

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