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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes



Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - (10 quotes)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Books category:

I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Earth category:

You are lost if you forget the fruits of the earth belong to all and that the earth belongs to no one. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Freedom category:

Man was born free and everywhere he is in chains. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Happiness category:

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Imagination category:

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Power category:

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Responsibility category:

Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up! (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Risk category:

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Wisdom category:

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - From the Words category:

Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)