Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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

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

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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...

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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

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

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

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.

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

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

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.