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Jean Jacques Rousseau

Birthday: June 28, 1712
Deathday: July 02, 1778
Category: Swiss Philosopher
Type: Philosopher
National: Swiss

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A feeble body weakens the mind....

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

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

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural...

Base souls have no faith in great individuals....

Childhood is the sleep of reason....

Every man has a right to risk his own life...

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only...

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

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

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage;...

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act...

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about...

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can...

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a...

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

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in...

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

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves....

Our will is always for our own good, but we...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet....

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

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

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with...

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity....

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and...

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins...

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity....

The English think they are free. They are free only...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions...

The person who has lived the most is not the...

The training of children is a profession, where we must...

The world of reality has its limits; the world of...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought...

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need...

We do not know what is really good or bad...

We pity in others only the those evils which we...

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that...

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