The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
From Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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 man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself.
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