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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.
With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
She was dull, unattractive, couldn't tell the time, count money or tie her own shoe laces... But I loved her
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.
Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.
A paralyzed man who wants to walk OR an agile man who does not want to walk will both remain neutral in nature.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.
General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.
Men will argue more philosophically about the human heart; but women will read the heart of man better than they.
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, - Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.
The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.
People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
If I am part of a group of 100 people, do 99 people have the right to sentence me to death, just because they are majority?
Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: "Well, let them eat cake".
The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.
Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him everywhere.
The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.
I bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.
The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it.
The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.
The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.
Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]
If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.
Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.
I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.
For, as I think I have said, I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop I cease to think; my mind only works with my legs.
The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.
Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma.
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.
The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.
...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.
There is a period of life when we go back as we advance. [Fr., Il est un terme de la vie au-dela duquel en retrograde en avancant.]