Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

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...

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...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

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...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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 only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life;...

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life;...

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.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

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.

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...

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.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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

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