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Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The money that one has is an instrument of freedom, the money that one seeks is an instrument of servitude.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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My greatest misfortune has always been not being able to resist flattery.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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I prefer to be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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There is no such complete subjection as that which retains the appearances of freedom, for thus is freedom itself captive.

Joseph Roux

Joseph Roux

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There are two kinds of great writers: those who think and those who make others think.

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Joseph Roux

Joseph Roux

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Our experience is made up more of lost illusions than acquired wisdom.

Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland

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For a woman, the first kiss is the end of the beginning; for a man, the beginning of the end.

Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland

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The follies most regretted in a man's life are those not committed when the opportunity was present.

Pedro Ruiz

Pedro Ruiz

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The good thing about movies is that for two hours, the problems belong to others.

Víctor Ruiz Iriarte

Víctor Ruiz Iriarte

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The offense of those who deceive us is not in the deception, but in not letting us dream that they will never deceive us.

Víctor Ruiz Iriarte

Víctor Ruiz Iriarte

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Smile is the universal language of intelligent men. Only fools and criminals are sad.

Víctor Ruiz Iriarte

Víctor Ruiz Iriarte

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Life, the life that laughs and cries every day, is something more important than the pain itself.