Tag: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau