Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

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...

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.

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.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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....

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.

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...

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...

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

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...

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.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

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

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

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

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...

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...