Jean Jacques Rousseau Quotes

A feeble body weakens the mind.

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

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

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

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

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

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.