However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUThe world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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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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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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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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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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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.
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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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What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.
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I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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