Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUIt is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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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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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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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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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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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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Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.
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Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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