Jean Jacques Rousseau Quotes

All passions are good as long as one is in control of them, and all of them are bad when they enslave us.

One of the advantages of good deeds is to elevate the soul and prepare it to do even better ones.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

Free peoples, remember this maxim: We can acquire freedom, but once it is lost, it is never regained.

Take the love for beauty out of your hearts, and you will have taken all the charm out of life.

Patience is bitter, but its fruits are sweet.

Fears, suspicions, coldness, reserve, hatred, betrayal, are often hidden beneath that uniform and treacherous veil of courtesy.

A honest man will never find a better friend than his wife.

If there were a nation of gods, they would govern themselves democratically; but such a perfect government is not suitable for men.

Work constitutes an indispensable duty for the social man. Rich or poor, powerful or weak, every idle citizen is a thief.

If reason makes the man, feeling guides him.

The soul withstands sharp pains much better than prolonged sadness.