Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

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.

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

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

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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.

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

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

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

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...

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

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...

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

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....