Jean Jacques Rousseau

50 quotations
Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Doctors
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Enjoyment
Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Evil
Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Faith
Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Fame
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Fortune
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Freedom
Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Freedom
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Freedom
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Heroes and Heroism
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Goodness
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Gratitude
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Guilt
The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Happiness
A feeble body weakens the mind.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Health
Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Heart
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Insults
The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Integrity
Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Judgment and Judges
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Laughter
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Life and Living
To live is not breathing it is action.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Life and Living
Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Love
Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Marriage
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Misfortunes

Subjects Jean Jacques Rousseau spoke about

Children Confession Conscience Coward and Cowardice Doctors Enjoyment Evil Faith Fame Fortune Freedom Goodness Gratitude Guilt Happiness Health Heart Heroes and Heroism Insults Integrity