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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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...

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.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

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.

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

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.

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.

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

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 do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

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