I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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.

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...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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...

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

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

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

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...

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 are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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....

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...