Famous Quotes / Jean Jacques Rousseau
90 Quotations by Jean Jacques Rousseau
- 21. Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
- 22. God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil.
- 23. Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
- 24. Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
- 25. Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. ...
- 26. Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
- 27. Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
- 28. He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
- 29. Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the me ...
- 30. How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
- 31. However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
- 32. I have always said and felt that true enjoyment cannot be described.
- 33. I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
- 34. I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
- 35. Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
- 36. It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and the shameful.
- 37. It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
- 38. It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specif ...
- 39. Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand ...
- 40. Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.