What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, and charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, civil as well as political.
Jean-Jacques RousseauThere are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.
Jean-Jacques RousseauThe writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.
Jean-Jacques RousseauIf there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau