To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life;...

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life;...

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...

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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 English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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

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

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

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

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...

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...

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.

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.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...