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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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....

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...

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...

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;...

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...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

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...

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

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

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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...

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...

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

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...

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.