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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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.

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...

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....

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...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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 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...

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.

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

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

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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