Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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

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

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

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

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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...

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?

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...

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...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

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...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces...

I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces...