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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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

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

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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....

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

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...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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...

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

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...

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through...

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through...

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than...

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than...