Quotes 41 till 60 of 72.
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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 him constantly into danger.
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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
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Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
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Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man.
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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 destruction.
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The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
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The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
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The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
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The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.
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The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche.
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The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
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The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
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The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it''
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There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, ''Is it good in itself?'' In the second, ''Can it be easily put into practice?''
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This poem will never reach its destination. [On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity]
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
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