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Find important quotes and citations by the author Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.More quotes on the topics: children interest education attention wisdom
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Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimitedMore quotes on the topics: right aims freedom authority respect
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: I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slaveryMore quotes on the topics: freedom liberty danger peace authority preference
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What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?More quotes on the topics: universe property loneliness value worthlessness
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say littleMore quotes on the topics: people stupidity attention superiority speech discussion wisdom
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A feeble body weakens the mindQuote 397
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselvesQuote 356
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselvesMore quotes on the topics: virtue lifetime temptation
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a livingMore quotes on the topics: earnings living virtue character decency
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We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experiencedMore quotes on the topics: evil experience compassion
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chainsMore quotes on the topics: freedom constraint birth
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.More quotes on the topics: promise reliability honesty people
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I may be no better than other people, but at least I am differentMore quotes on the topics: character difference personality people virtue
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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestionMore quotes on the topics: happiness wealth money cooking health