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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Age: 66 †
Born: 1712
Born: June 28
Died: 1778
Died: July 2
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An intelligent being, is the active principle of all things. One must have renounced all common sense to doubt it, and it is a waste of time to try to prove such self evident truth.
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Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.
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For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others.
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The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.
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The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.
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I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer they all affect magnificence and splendor.
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But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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