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Jean Jacques Rousseau
France
28 Jun 1712 // 2 Jul 1778
Philosopher / Writer
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On Will:
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is
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On Nature:
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves
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On Money:
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million
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On Freedom:
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles
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On Government:
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can
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On Think:
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living
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On Book:
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about
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On Writing:
However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once
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On Heorism:
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
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On Heorism:
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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