"Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?"

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Source : Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1993). “The Social Contract ; And, The Discourses”, Everyman's Library

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Heart Quotes #Should Quotes

“My parents always talk about Puerto Rico. My dad's whole family lives in Puerto Rico. My great grandma lives in Puerto Rico and I got to meet her a couple years ago.”
“I declare that I will establish peace in this world.”
“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.”
“She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off”
“It is a lot harder to put something back together than to keep it running.”
“Do not do what you cannot continue to deliver. For, remember, the world wants to see a continuity of delivery of set standards...!”
“There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring. In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.”
“You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.”

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