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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O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to 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 only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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

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

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...

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

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

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

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...

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....

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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

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

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

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

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...