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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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...

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....

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.

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

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

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

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...

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

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...

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

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...

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...

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.