Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

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.

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...

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

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

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

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

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

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

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...

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

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

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;...

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

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

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

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...

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

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.

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

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

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close...

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close...

There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a...

There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a...