We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage, the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

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.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Good night and sweet dreams, my love!

Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.