Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

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

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

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...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

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.

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

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...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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

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

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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...