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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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...

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

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

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

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...

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.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

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

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

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...