To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties
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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
Truth is no road to fortune.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Leave those vain moralists, my friend, and return to the depth of your soul that is where you will always rediscover the source of the sacred fire which so often inflamed us with love of the sublime virtues that is where you will see the eternal image of true beauty, the contemplation of which inspires us with a holy enthusiasm.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Man was born free, but is everywhere in bondage.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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