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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… Begins
- Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. Breath
- Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. Acquire
- 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… Age
- Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. Adversity
- The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. Election
- We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. Children
- I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. Always Said
- Base souls have no faith in great individuals. Base
- It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. Action
- Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than… Forgive
- Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander… All
- I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects. Child
- I only see clearly what I remember. Clearly
- Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. Ceases
- The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity. English
- Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. Constitute
- How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? Boots
- Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux. Affection
- To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. Adversity
- We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced. Evil
- No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would… Atheism
- 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… Constantly
- I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I… Aim
- I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a… Beings
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