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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 write my reveries only for myself.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Writing, Projects, Aim

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Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Opportunity, Presence Of Mind, Talent

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It is well known that a loose and easy dress contributes much to give to both sexes those fine proportions of body that are observable in the Grecian statues, and which serve as models to our present artists.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Sex, Artist, Giving

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Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Would Be, Use, Definitions

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The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, Hands, Independence

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Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.
[Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit dans l'adversite.]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Adversity, Sleep, Wake Up

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Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Sports, Hero, Firefighter

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Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world.
[Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Success, Dancing, Singing

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But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

People, Soul, Citizens

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2007). “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality”, p.78, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thinking, Europe, Lasts

"Émilius, Or, A Treatise on Education".

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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

People, Doe, Deceived

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole (2003). “On the Social Contract”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his members, the social compact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members." "We grant that each person alienates, by the social compact, only that portion of his power, his goods, and liberty whose use is of consequence to the community; but we must also grant that only the sovereign is the judge of what is of consequence.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Moving, Men, Giving

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It is always a poor way of reading the hearts of others to try to conceal our own.
[Fr., C'est toujours un mauvais moyen de lire dans le coeur des autres que d'affecter de cacher le sien.]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reading, Heart, Trying

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Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mom, Husband, World

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We do not know either unalloyed happiness or unmitigated misfortune. Everything in this world is a tangled yarn; we taste nothing in its purity; we do not remain two moments in the same state. Our affections as well as bodies, are in a perpetual flux.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Change, Two, Yarn

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The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Heart, Majesty, Scripture

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1767). “The Miscellaneous Works of Mr. J. J. Rousseau”, p.224

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To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, Giving, Desire

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The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Children, Ease, Ruins

Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.144, eKitap Projesi

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The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Law, People, Titles

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The French, for example, are a contemptible nation.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Example, Nations

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Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and all his forces, including all goods in his possession.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Giving, Community, Constitution

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1988). “On the Social Contract”, p.27, Hackett Publishing

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Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Creative, Nihilism, Genius

"The Social Contract & Discourses".

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Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Rights, Unlimited, Exceed

Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “The Social Contract”, p.595, Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Self-love is an instrument useful but dangerous; it often wounds the hand which makes use of it, and seldom does good without doing harm.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Love Is, Self, Hands

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Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Strong, Men, Way

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Born: June 28, 1712
Died: July 2, 1778
Occupation: Philosopher
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