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The first sentiment of man was that of his existence, his first care that of preserving it.

The first sentiment of man was that of his existence, his first care that of preserving it.
– JeanJacques Rousseau

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  4. I hate books they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. – JeanJacques Rousseau
  5. I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. – JeanJacques Rousseau
  6. If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. – JeanJacques Rousseau
  7. There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character. – JeanJacques Rousseau
  8. Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty. – JeanJacques Rousseau
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  10. She was dull, unattractive, couldn’t tell the time, count money or tie her own shoe laces… But I loved her – JeanJacques Rousseau
  11. I can only meditate when I am walking, when I stop I cease to think; my mind only works with my legs. – Rousseau JeanJacques
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  17. People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering. – Edward St Aubyn
  18. When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people. – Margaret Heffernan
  19. What I care about is what I care about. What you care about is what you care about. So let’s add the planet to that list – Sahndra Fon Dufe
  20. [C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. – Samuel Johnson
  21. Existence of existence depends on what exists on your existence!! – Balkrishn Sanmotra
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  23. I hope people don’t take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them. – Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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  25. Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone. – Bryant McGill
  26. I realized the preserving a relationship at all costs was not as important as affirming the human right to be free from abusive treatment. – Rebecca Ann Parker
  27. To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non-existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. – Ursula K Le Guin
  28. When a man’s neck’s in danger, he doesn’t stop to think too much about sentiment. – Agatha Christie
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  36. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. – Edward Abbey
  37. We violate the innocence of things in the name of rationality so we can wander about, uninterrupted, in our search for passion and sentiment. – Marlena de Blasi
  38. Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic. – Louisa May Alcott
  39. Tut, tut. We can’t let mere sentiment intrude. This is Science. – KW Jeter
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