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"30 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 28 June 1712. Died: 2 July 1778 | Philosopher | Writer | Composer |

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

Forget Fruits Belong Land
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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Souls Faith Great Individuals
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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

Children Profession Waste Time
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Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame Breath People Unwholesome
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We do not know what is really good or bad fortune

We Know Good Bad
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience Bitter Fruit Sweet
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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Afflication Happens You Defeat
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Difficult Nobly Earning Living
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People Know Talkers Little
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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force Obedience Legitimate Powers
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
World Reality Limits Imagination
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A feeble body weakens the mind.

Feeble Body Weakens Mind
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Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Childhood Slep Reason
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Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

Man Right Risk Life
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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.

Weak Foolish Gift Education
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Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Gratitude Duty Right Expect
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Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Nations People Youth Older
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Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Nature Never Deceives Ourselves
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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Course Opposite Custom
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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Silence Sadness Image Death
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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse Prosperity Bitter Adversity
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Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Falsehood Infinity Combinations Truth
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However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

Great Talent Act Writing
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Man Born Free Chains
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No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Man Natural Authority Fellow
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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness Good Account Cook
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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Wisdom Find Greater Kindness
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Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Virtue State War Live
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Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults Arguments Employed Wrong
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We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Born Speak Life Man
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes & Sayings