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

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

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...

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

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

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

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

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...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.