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...

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

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?

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;...

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

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

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.

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....

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

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

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...

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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 was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

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...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.