We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

Nature never deceives us; it is 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....

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

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

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...

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

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...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is 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...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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.

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

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

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...

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

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.

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

It pays to be honest, but it's slow pay

It pays to be honest, but it's slow pay

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure

I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good...

I do this real moron thing, it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good...