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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

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

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

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...

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.

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?

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...

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

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

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

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can...

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable...