Jean Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind; this short life counts for too little in their eyes.
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Truth is no road to fortune.
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Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people.
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Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
[Virtue]
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War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and state; and individuals are enemies only accidentally: not as men, nor even as citizens: but as soldiers; not as members of their country, but as its defenders
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Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.
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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.
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We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
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We cannot teach children the danger of telling lies to men without realizing, on the man's part, the danger of telling lies to children. A single untruth on the part of the master will destroy the results of his education.
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We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
[Fortune]
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We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
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When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime
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When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason.
[Reason]
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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
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When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.
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Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
[Innocence]
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With children use force with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
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