“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
Source: Emile
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Famous Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Source: The Social Contract
Source: On the Social Contract
Source: The Social Contract
“Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.”
Source: The Social Contract
“Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.”
“There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?”
“One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.”
Source: On the Social Contract
Source: The Social Contract
“In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.”
Source: On the Social Contract
Source: On the Social Contract