It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

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...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

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

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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...

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: And slew famous...

To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: And slew famous...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...