“Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“God made me and broke the mold.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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