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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

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...

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...

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

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...

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.

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

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