It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau