Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary ... -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Philosopher
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little....
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect....
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves....
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men....
Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone....
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?...
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion....
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is....
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?...
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless....

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I regard other women as my community, not my competition....
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