However great a man's natural talent may be, the art of writing cannot be learned all at once. Jean-Jaeques Rousseau - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before.

Our sweetest existence is relative and collective and our true self is not entirely in us. Such is man’s constitution in this life that he never succeeds in truly enjoying himself without the help of other people.

Nikdy jsem nemyslil, že svoboda člověka by záležela v tom, aby dělal, co chce, nýbrž spíš, aby nikdy nedělal, co nechce, a to je svoboda, jíž jsem se vždy dovolával, často ji zachovával a pro kterou jsem byl nejvíce svým vrstevníkům k pohoršení