French - Philosopher | June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778
Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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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.
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God made me and broke the mold.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
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I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.
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The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.
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O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
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