Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorIf there were a nation of gods, they would govern themselves democratically; but such a perfect government is not suitable for men.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorWork constitutes an indispensable duty for the social man. Rich or poor, powerful or weak, every idle citizen is a thief.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorIf reason makes the man, feeling guides him.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorThe soul withstands sharp pains much better than prolonged sadness.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorThe kind of happiness I need is less doing what I want than not doing what I don't want.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorA good father is worth a hundred teachers.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorI know no greater enemy of man than he who is a friend to everyone.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorIt is always more valuable to have the respect than the admiration of people.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorThe man who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the most years, but the one who has experienced life the most.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorThe youth is the time to study wisdom; old age, the time to practice it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorInjuries are the excuses of those who are at fault.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
View AuthorTo be an adult is to be alone.