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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
         

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.


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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

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Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.



I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

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