Jean Jacques Rousseau Quotes (175 Quotes)

Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies.

It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.

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

Gasoline consumption over the past 4 weeks has been 2.4 percent above prior-year levels, on average, suggesting momentum continues to build ahead of the summer driving seasons.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones bad ones bring about worse.

The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said This is mine, and found people naive enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society

Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know.

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

One loses all the time which he might employ to better purpose.

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

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

God made me and broke the mold.

He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.

Conscience is the voice of the soul the passions are the voice of the body

Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Men and nations can only be reformed in their youth they become incorrigible as they grow old.

Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.