It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

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...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

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...

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...

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

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...

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.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

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

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

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality

I am among the few who continue to draw after childhood is ended, continuing and...

I am among the few who continue to draw after childhood is ended, continuing and...