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30 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes & Sayings
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30 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 28 June 1712. Died: 2 July 1778 |
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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Forget
Fruits
Belong
Land
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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Children
Profession
Waste
Time
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Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Fame
Breath
People
Unwholesome
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We do not know what is really good or bad fortune
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We
Know
Good
Bad
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Afflication
Happens
You
Defeat
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Difficult
Nobly
Earning
Living
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People
Know
Talkers
Little
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Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Force
Obedience
Legitimate
Powers
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
World
Reality
Limits
Imagination
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A feeble body weakens the mind.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Feeble
Body
Weakens
Mind
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Childhood is the sleep of reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Childhood
Slep
Reason
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Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nations
People
Youth
Older
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Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nature
Never
Deceives
Ourselves
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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Course
Opposite
Custom
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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Silence
Sadness
Image
Death
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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Remorse
Prosperity
Bitter
Adversity
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Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Great
Talent
Act
Writing
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man
Born
Free
Chains
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No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man
Natural
Authority
Fellow
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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Happiness
Good
Account
Cook
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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Virtue
State
War
Live
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Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Born
Speak
Life
Man
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