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Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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It is always more valuable to have the respect than the admiration of people.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The man who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the most years, but the one who has experienced life the most.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The youth is the time to study wisdom; old age, the time to practice it.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Injuries are the excuses of those who are at fault.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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No one can be happy if they do not appreciate themselves.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The equality of wealth should consist in no citizen being so opulent that they can buy another, and none so poor that they are compelled to sell themselves.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Man is a miracle without interest.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The one who desires only what they are capable of achieving and does what pleases them is truly free.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Freedom is obedience to the law that one has drawn for oneself.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Freedom is not a fruit that grows in all climates, and therefore it is not within reach of all peoples.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The government originated from the purpose of finding a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each individual with the common force of all.