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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes

French Philosopher, Writer June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter..."
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to..."
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain."
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and..."
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals."
Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender..."
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires? Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to..."
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination..."
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does..."
As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "[T]he man who meditates is a depraved animal."
[T]he man who meditates is a depraved animal. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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