I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

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...

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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...

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.

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.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

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...

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

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

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...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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...

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in...

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...