Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

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.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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:...

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

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

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...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised...

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing