He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUEvery person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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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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All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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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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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.
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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
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