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

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

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

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

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

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

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

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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

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

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

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

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

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.

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...

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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...

Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies,...

Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies,...

Time to clean my room: 50% listening to music and dancing around, 49% being lazy,...

Time to clean my room: 50% listening to music and dancing around, 49% being lazy,...