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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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...

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

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...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

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...

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 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.