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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

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...

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

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

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

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 English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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...

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...

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

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...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

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...

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

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