resolví no ligarme a nadie sino conservar mi independencia sacando partido de mis conocimientos, cuyo valor comenzaba a conocer al fin y que hasta en… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.

What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?

Flattery, or rather condescension, is not always a vice, it is more often a virtue, especially
in young people. The kindness with which a man treats us attaches us to
him; one does not give way to him in order to deceive him, one does so
in order not to make him sad, not to return him harm for good.