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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Everything made by man may be destroyed by man; there are no ineffaceable characters except those engraved by nature; and nature makes neither princes nor rich men nor great lords.”

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher, writer, and composer, considered one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literature, political, and social theories. more

“Though nature is constantly beautiful, she does not exhibit her highest powers of beauty constantly, for then they would satiate us and pall upon our senses. It is necessary to their appreciation that they should be rarely shown. Her finest touches are things which must be watched for; her most perfect passages of beauty are the most evanescent.”

Should Doe Beautiful Nature Perfect Highest Appreciation Senses Passages Finest Exhibits

Book:Modern Painters

Source: Modern Painters

“Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable.”

Mean Art Use Nature Secret Art Is Mysterious Inexplicable

Book:Pt. 1-2. of general principles and of truth

Source: Pt. 1-2. of general principles and of truth

“My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to be in the midst of it, and rejoice and wonder at it, and help it if I could, - happier if it needed no help of mine, - this was the essential love of Nature in me, this the root of all that I have usefully become, and the light of all that I have rightly learned.”