Jean-Jacques Rousseau
simple vain
“Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
know talk little much
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
man free chain
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
world reality limit imagination boundless
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
paradox prejudice
“I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
sane madman madness
“To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
difficult think nobly earning living
“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
happiness opinion other own heart
“Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
slow promise faithful performance
“Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. ”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
trust heart head
“Trust your heart rather than your head.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
powder wig poor people bread
“We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
falsehood truth
“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
liberty man humanity
“To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
teach say understand say anything
“Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
government
“What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
laws useful possess vexatious nothing
“Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
subjection perfect appearance freedom
“There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
moral lesson child never hurt
“The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
finance slave
“Finance is a slave's word.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
wicked weak strong good
“All wickedness comes from weakness. The child is wicked only because he is weak. Make him strong; he will be good. He who could do everything would never do harm.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
ingenious apparatus coarse unskillful senses
“The more ingenious our apparatus, the coarser and more unskillful are our senses.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
liberty robust ruin weak
“Liberty is like those solid and tasty foods or those full-bodied wines which are appropriate for nourishing and strengthening robust constitutions that are used to them, but which overpower, ruin and intoxicate the weak and delicate who are not suited for them.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
to do to be
“To do is to be.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
science learning difficulty
“Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
nature happy good society fault
“Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society's fault.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
education heart involve lost
“It is difficult for an education in which the heart is involved to remain forever lost.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
way thousand one deception truth
"There are thousands of ways which lead to deception, and there is only one way which leads to the truth"
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
wealth rich cruelty dissipation compassion
"The possession of great wealth is a school of pride, cruelty, self-admiration and dissipation."
"The lack of sensivity among rich people is not as cruel as their compassion."
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
meat children cruel
"It is very important not to kill children's natural taste by forcing them to become meat eaters, not only for their health, but for the sake of their character. We do not know the reason, but we know that people who eat a lot of meat are usually cruel."
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
science child teach appetite
"We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them".
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)