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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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...

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?

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.

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...

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...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

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...

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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...

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

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

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...

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on...

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on...

One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks...

One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks...

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts...

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts...