He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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.

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

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

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...

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...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

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

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

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...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

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...

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.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...