People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.Jean Jacques Rousseau
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
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As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.
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There is a deportment, which suits the figure and talents of each person it is always lost when we quit to assume that of another.
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However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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Let us unite them together in one supreme power which shall govern us all according to wise laws, protect us and defend all members of the association, repulse common enemies, and maintain us in everlasting concord... All ran towards their chains believing that they were securing their liberty, for although they had reason enough to discern the advantages of a civil order, they did not have the experience enough to foresee the dangers.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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