Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.
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More Quotes from Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.
› Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
› Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
› Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
› Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
› Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story.
› Maya Angelou
Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
› Louisa May Alcott
Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
› Thich Nhat Hanh
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
› Albert Camus
Never be bored, and you will never be boring.
› Eleanor Roosevelt
There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.
› Christopher Morley
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl of be found in the dark folds of life.
› Victor Hugo
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.
› Paulo Coelho
The only way to live, is knowing you’re going to die. If you're afraid to die, you'll never be able to live.
› James Baldwin
