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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Every artists wants to be applauded Every artists wants to be applauded
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: How could I become wicked, when I had nothing but examples of gentleness before my eyes, and none around me but the best people in the world? How could I become wicked, when I had nothing but examples of gentleness before my eyes, and none around me but the best people in the world?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time. One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul. The 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 Rousseau quotes: If I am part of a group of 100 people, do 99 people have the right to sentence me to death, just because they are majority? If I am part of a group of 100 people, do 99 people have the right to sentence me to death, just because they are majority?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: He who wills the end, wills the means also, and the means must involve some risks, and even some losses. He who wills the end, wills the means also, and the means must involve some risks, and even some losses.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Force does not constitute right ... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. Force does not constitute right ... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: One can buy anything with money except morality. One can buy anything with money except morality.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes. The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards. The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: He who blushes is already guilty. He who blushes is already guilty.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: [T]he mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescribe to ourselves is liberty. [T]he mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescribe to ourselves is liberty.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears. The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances. The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Nothing on this earth is worthbuying at the price of human blood. Nothing on this earth is worth
buying at the price of human blood.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason. General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties. To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery. The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family. Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: How many centuries must have elapsed before men reached the point of seeing any other fire than that in the sky? How many centuries must have elapsed before men reached the point of seeing any other fire than that in the sky?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced. We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The only moral lesson which is suited for a childthe most important lesson for every time of lifeis this: 'Never hurt anybody. The only moral lesson which is suited for a child
the most important lesson for every time of life
is this: 'Never hurt anybody.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: My liveliest delight was in having conquered myself. My liveliest delight was in having conquered myself.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I do not know the art of being clear to those who do not want to be attentive. I do not know the art of being clear to those who do not want to be attentive.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: An honest man nearly always thinks justly. An honest man nearly always thinks justly.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer. At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart. The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered. (Bk2:8) Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered. (Bk2:8)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Living is not breathing but doing. Living is not breathing but doing.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it. That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society. People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: What wisdom can you find greater than kindness. What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals. Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children. We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I only see clearly what I remember. I only see clearly what I remember.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous. Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence. The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor. As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us! Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself. In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live. But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor? What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: God made me and broke the mold. God made me and broke the mold.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Childhood is the sleep of reason. Childhood is the sleep of reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply. The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Girls must be thwarted early in life. Girls must be thwarted early in life.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity. Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: When one has suffered or fears suffering, one pities those who suffer; but when one is suffering, one pities only oneself. When one has suffered or fears suffering, one pities those who suffer; but when one is suffering, one pities only oneself.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves. Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Gambling is only the resource of those who do not know what to do with themselves Gambling is only the resource of those who do not know what to do with themselves
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The more ingenious our apparatus, the coarser and more unskillful are our senses. The more ingenious our apparatus, the coarser and more unskillful are our senses.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something. There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him everywhere. Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him everywhere.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I do not know is a phrase which becomes us. I do not know is a phrase which becomes us.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me. I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: True genius is creative and makes all from nothing. True genius is creative and makes all from nothing.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Abstract truth is the eye of reason. Abstract truth is the eye of reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man. The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived ... The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived ...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop, I cease to think; my mind works only with my legs. I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop, I cease to think; my mind works only with my legs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: A born king is a very rare being. A born king is a very rare being.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: There is a period in life when we go backwards as we advance. There is a period in life when we go backwards as we advance.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma. Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth. Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent. Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires. To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government. Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Our greatest evil flows from ourselves. Our greatest evil flows from ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Nature wants children to be children before men ... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling. Nature wants children to be children before men ... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself. Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The wisest writers devote themselves to what a man ought to know, without asking what a child is capable of learning. The wisest writers devote themselves to what a man ought to know, without asking what a child is capable of learning.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given to us by education. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given to us by education.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law. With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The world is woman's book. The world is woman's book.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading. The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: I may be no better, but at least I am different. I may be no better, but at least I am different.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: A feeble body weakens the mind. A feeble body weakens the mind.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts? Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius. Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Smell is the sense of memory and desire. Smell is the sense of memory and desire.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Rather suffer an injustice than commit one. Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Sacrifice life to truth. Sacrifice life to truth.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it. Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes: Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains. Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.

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