To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

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...

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...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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?

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

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

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.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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

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

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

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

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

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.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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:...

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

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...

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

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

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...