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“In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.”

Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher, writer, and composer, considered one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literature, political, and social theories. more

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“Not all the subtilties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent Providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath.”

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“Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]”

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“I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it.”

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“One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?”

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“Abstract truth is the eye of reason.”

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“General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.”

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Book:The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With The Reveries of the Solitary Walker

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“There is no folly of which a man who is not a fool cannot get rid except vanity; of this nothing cures a man except experience of its bad consequences, if indeed anything can cure it.”

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“The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.”

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“The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.”

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