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How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. View quote
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Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals. View quote
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I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects. View quote
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I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different. View quote
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We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man. View quote
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Childhood is the sleep of reason. View quote
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Our greatest evils flow from ourselves. View quote
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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. View quote
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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. View quote
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I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards. View quote
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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is. View quote
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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. View quote
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Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older. View quote
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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts. View quote
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I propose to show my fellows a man as nature made him, and this man shall be myself. View quote
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The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty. View quote
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Whenever the last trumpet shall sound, I will present myself before the sovereign judge with this book in my hand, and loudly proclaim, thus have I acted; these were my thoughts; such was I. View quote
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There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. View quote
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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. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The offender never forgives. View quote
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i am do big fard. View quote
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I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another. View quote
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Supreme happiness consists in self-content. View quote
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Occupation: French Philosopher
Born: June 28, 1712
Died: July 2, 1778
Quotes count: 209
Wikipedia: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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