Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

French - Philosopher | June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ReligiousBelieversRascals

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ChildrenTimeTrainingKnowOrder

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

PeopleYouthImpossibleGrowBecome

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

AdversityProsperityBitterRemorse

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

OthersPityOnlyOurselvesThose

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

LifeManSpeakBornHumanExistence

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

MyselfAimOthersWriteProjectOwn

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

WellOurPerpetualFluxAffections

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

KnowledgeDesirePleasureTakeBeing

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

YouDefeatSomethingHappensEither

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