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Famous Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.”
“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”
Source: Emile
“You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.”
Source: The Essential Writings of Rousseau
“Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.”
“Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.”
“Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.”
“All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.”
“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”
“Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.”
“Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.”
“Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.”
“Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.”
Source: The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau
“I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.”
“Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.”
“Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.”
“How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?”
“Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.”
“We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.”
Source: Emile