I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUNothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Girls should learn that so much finery is only put on to hide defects, and that the triumph of beauty is to shine by itself.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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