Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

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

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

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...

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.

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

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...

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...

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....

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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

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

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...

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.

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

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;...

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...