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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.
         

To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.


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People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.



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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.



There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.



Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains



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.

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.



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

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



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

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



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

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.

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.



No one is happy unless he respects himself.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.





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When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air She tore the azure robe of night And set the stars of glory there.



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I have a really wide range of interests and I've still got time to work out my exact direction.



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Don't you just want to make something that lives forever? Something that's phenomenal, something that's great, something that's undeniable? That touches the core of every person that hears it?



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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.



I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.



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The best thing to do is dive with your imagination ~ you can never drown yourself.



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I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.



The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.

The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.



He said it's an honor to fight me, well I say that it's an honor to fight him as well.

He said it's an honor to fight me, well I say that it's an honor to fight him as well.




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