Article VI – The law is the expression of the general will. All the citizens have the right of contributing personally or through their representatives to its formation. It must be the same for all, either that it protects, or that it punishes. All the citizens, being equal in its eyes, are equally admissible to all public dignities, places and employments, according to their capacity and without distinction other than that of their virtues and of their talents.
Talent is shaped in tranquility; Character in the stream of life.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
The essential has never required the least talent.
To have talent, you must be convinced that you possess it.
And how great soever a Man's Talents may be, unless they be cultivated, they are but half-talents.
