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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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

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

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.

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...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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...

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...

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.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

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

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

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

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

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...

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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

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

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...