Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Patience, Sweet, Bitter

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Death, Sadness, Silence

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Great, Men, While

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reality, Limits, Boundless

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Free, Born, Chains

I may be no better, but at least I am different.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Life, Fire, Said

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Wrong, Insults, Employed

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Education, Strength, Reason

God made me and broke the mold.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

God, Broke, Mold

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hate, Nothing, Talk

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, Natural, Authority

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Truth, Infinity, Falsehood

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Gratitude, Expect, Duty

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

True, Nothing, Guilty

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Knowledge, Children, Evil

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nature, Ourselves, Deceive

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Person, Lived, Richest

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Forget, Land, Belong

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Marriage, Alone, Weed

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Wisdom, Kindness, Find

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thought, Fellows

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Time, Children, Training

A feeble body weakens the mind.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mind, Body, Weakens

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Exist, Exists, Explain

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: June 28, 1712

Died: July 2, 1778

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