There are in all ages men born to be in bondage to the opinions of the society in which they live. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"The word ‘slavery’ and ‘right’ are contradictory, they cancel each other out. Whether as between one man and another, or between one man and a whole people, it would always be absurd to say: "I hereby make a covenant with you which is wholly at your expense and wholly to my advantage; I will respect it so long as I please and you shall respect it as long as I wish.

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.

Sī lo guía sin cesar el juicio del autor, no hace otra cosa que ver por ojos ajenos, y si estos le faltan no ve nada.