Political literature · Philosophical literatureMan is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.Jean-Jacques Rousseau1762★ 9.4
Political literature · Philosophical literatureThe body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the cause of its destruction.Jean-Jacques RousseauThe Social Contract · 1762★ 6.4
Political literatureThe first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society.Jean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on Inequality · 1755★ 6.1
Personal journalTo be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.Henri-Frederic Amiel1849★ 6.0
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