O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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

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

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

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...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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?

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.

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...

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

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...

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

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

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.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

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...