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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

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.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money...

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money...

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.