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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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....

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

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...

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.

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...

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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.

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;...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

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

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...