Jean Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and failed to remove any one of them. So I chose another guide and said, Let me follow the Inner Light; it will not lead me so far astray as others have done, or if it does it will be my own fault, and I shall not go so far wrong if I follow my own illusions as if I trusted to their deceits
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it’s the one they will most need to know.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
