Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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...

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...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

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?

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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

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

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

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....

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

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

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

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...

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented...

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented...