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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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.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

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...

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.

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....

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

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

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

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

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.

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

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

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you...

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you...

Winners are not born, they are forged in the fires of passion.

Winners are not born, they are forged in the fires of passion.