The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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 prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

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...

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...

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.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

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...

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...

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

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...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

It's amazing. It is like yesterday when I was still watching the stars of Brazilian...

It's amazing. It is like yesterday when I was still watching the stars of Brazilian...

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never