You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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...

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 English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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

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...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

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.

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 prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

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.

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

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.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.