Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

French writer and philosopher

Alive from: 1712-1778

Category: Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) | CountryFranstalig Zwitserland

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  A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

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  A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.

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  Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know.

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  Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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  Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

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  Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.

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  All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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  Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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  As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

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  Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

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  Childhood is the sleep of reason.

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  Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.

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  Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

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  Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.

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  Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.