How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Heroism Quotes

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

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

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

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...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

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...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

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

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

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...