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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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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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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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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Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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