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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

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...

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...

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

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...