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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good."

There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it."

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.




Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Base souls have no faith in great individuals."

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste."

A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.




Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves."

Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence."

The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "I loved too sincerely, too completely, I venture to say, to be able to be happy easily."

I loved too sincerely, too completely, I venture to say, to be able to be happy easily.




Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free."

Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer."

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin."

The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Many men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way."

Many men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited."

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.




Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse."

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "An intelligent being, is the active principle of all things. One must have renounced all common sense to doubt it, and it is a waste of time to try to prove such self evident truth."

An intelligent being, is the active principle of all things. One must have renounced all common sense to doubt it, and it is a waste of time to try to prove such self evident truth.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a page and a mouthful; it is as though my book were dining with me."

It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a page and a mouthful; it is as though my book were dining with me.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "I do not know is a phrase which becomes us."

I do not know is a phrase which becomes us.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Sacrifice life to truth."

Sacrifice life to truth.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists."

Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family."

Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once."

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity."

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]"

Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God."

If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Equality, because without it there can be no liberty."

Equality, because without it there can be no liberty.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The social compact sets up among the citizens as equality of such kind, that they all bind themselves to observe the same conditions and should therefore all enjoy the same rights."

The social compact sets up among the citizens as equality of such kind, that they all bind themselves to observe the same conditions and should therefore all enjoy the same rights.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it."

The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king."

He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others."

For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Men speak from knowledge, women from imagination."

Men speak from knowledge, women from imagination.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?"

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given to us by education."

Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given to us by education.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]"

The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow."

Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "I only see clearly what I remember."

I only see clearly what I remember.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Generally we obtain very surely and very speedily what we are not too anxious to obtain."

Generally we obtain very surely and very speedily what we are not too anxious to obtain.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Our greatest evil flows from ourselves."

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad."

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices."

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and there would be neither vanity nor luxury in such a state."

If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and there would be neither vanity nor luxury in such a state.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul."

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "I may not amount to much, but at least I am unique."

I may not amount to much, but at least I am unique.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances."

The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: "Well, let them eat cake"."

I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: "Well, let them eat cake".



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart."

The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "The general will is always right."

The general will is always right.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others."

To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "We lose all that time which we might employ better."

We lose all that time which we might employ better.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "He who blushes is already guilty."

He who blushes is already guilty.



Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes: "Abstract truth is the eye of reason."

Abstract truth is the eye of reason.