Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

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...

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

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

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...

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;...

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...

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

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.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...