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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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

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....

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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.

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...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

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

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

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

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...

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...

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

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...

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares,...

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares,...

The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for...

The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...