Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes - Page 2

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• The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Coward, Cowardice, Braggarts

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• Girls must be thwarted early in life.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Girl, British History

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• It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Life, Business, Philosophical

  "Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau". Book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1782.

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• To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  World, Madness, Madmen

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• Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies in pain, dishonor, mockery, the object of universal cursing - the most horrible death that one could fear. At the receipt of the cup of poison, Socrates blesses him who could not give it to him without tears; Jesus, while suffering the sharpest pains, prays for His most bitter enemies. If Socrates lived and died like a philosopher, Jesus lived and died like a god.

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  Jesus, Pain, Wish To Die

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• One can buy anything with money except morality.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Shopping, Morality

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• No one is happy unless he respects himself.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Respect, Self Respect, Ethics

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• Reason deceives us; conscience, never.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Deceiving, Reason, Conscience

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• The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Life, Time, Philosophical

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• Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

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  Freedom, People, Liberty

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• Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

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  Life, Faith, Philosophical

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• Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Wise, Children, Taught

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1894). “Émile; Or, Concerning Education: Extracts Containing the Principal Elements of Pedagogy Found in the First Three Books”

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• It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Believe, Desire, Oneself

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• Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Luxury, Riches, Poor

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole (2003). “On the Social Contract”, p.45, Courier Corporation

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• Trust your heart rather than your head.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Heart, Trust Your Heart

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• All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

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  Honesty, Eye, Atheism

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• I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  World Suffering, Too Much, This World

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• Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Happiness, Self, Supreme

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2013). “Emile”, p.292, Courier Corporation

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• We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Identity, Asking, Dare

  "Discourse on Inequality". Book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1754.

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• The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.

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  Sweet, Philosophical, Animal

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2013). “Emile”, p.142, Courier Corporation

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• Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Justice, Diversity, Judging

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christopher Kelly, Allan David Bloom (2010). “Emile, Or, On Education: Includes Emile and Sophie, Or, The Solitaries”, p.355, UPNE

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• People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain that an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man is not so ready to display his learning; he would have too much to say, and he sees that there is much more to be said, so he holds his peace.

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  Knowledge, Men, Thinking

  Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.577, eKitap Projesi

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• We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following ourown reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.

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  Education, Children, Errors

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• Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Gratitude, Philosophical, Inspirational Christmas

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• There is a period in life when we go backwards as we advance.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Periods, Backwards

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