I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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...

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 training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

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...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

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

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

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.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often...

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often...

The less you know, the sounder you sleep.

The less you know, the sounder you sleep.