Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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...

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...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

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...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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....

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions