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

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

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...

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...

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

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

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

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

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

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

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.

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

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

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...

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.

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...

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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

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