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

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...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

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

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

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

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

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

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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...

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...