I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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.

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 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.

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...

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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...

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.

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...

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...

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad...

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad...