90 Quotations by Jean Jacques Rousseau
- 1. A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
- 2. A feeble body weakens the mind.
- 3. A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.
- 4. Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
- 5. Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often th ...
- 6. All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
- 7. All that time is lost which might be better employed.
- 8. Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the know ...
- 9. As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves fr ...
- 10. As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be gi ...
- 11. As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather ser ...
- 12. Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
- 13. Childhood is the sleep of reason.
- 14. Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
- 15. Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
- 16. Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one the ...
- 17. Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
- 18. Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
- 19. Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
- 20. Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lo ...
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