Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

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...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

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....

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.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

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

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

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...

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;...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the...

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the...