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.

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

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

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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....

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?

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

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.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

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

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

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

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

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

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

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...

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

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

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...