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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it Picture Quote #1

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself Picture Quote #1

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million Picture Quote #1

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another Picture Quote #1

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it Picture Quote #1

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little Picture Quote #1

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Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger Picture Quote #1

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves Picture Quote #1

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education Picture Quote #1

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil Picture Quote #1

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? Picture Quote #1

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers Picture Quote #1

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The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament Picture Quote #1

We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves Picture Quote #1

We cannot teach children the danger of telling lies to men without realising, on the man’s part, the danger of telling lies to children. A single untruth on the part of the master will destroy the results of his education Picture Quote #1

The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it Picture Quote #1

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again Picture Quote #1

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it Picture Quote #1

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The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading Picture Quote #1

To live is not breathing it is action Picture Quote #1

Cities are the abyss of the human species Picture Quote #1

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Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) We cannot teach children the danger of telling lies to men without realising, on the man’s part, the danger of telling lies to children. A single untruth on the part of the master will destroy the results of his education (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) To live is not breathing it is action (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes) Cities are the abyss of the human species (Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes)

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