We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...