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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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...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

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

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...

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...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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

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

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 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.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

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...

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...

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

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....

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

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...