To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

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...

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.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

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

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

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...

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...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.

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...

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.

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...

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

The thing that pleases me the most about it is that young people like it....

The thing that pleases me the most about it is that young people like it....

That awkward moment when your friend is getting yelled at by their parents and you...

That awkward moment when your friend is getting yelled at by their parents and you...