We do not know what really good or bad fortune is. Jean-Jacques Rousseau More Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau More Quotes From Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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 suicidefiremen Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true proposition of the right of nations, which flattery has sometimes attacked but good princes have always defended as the tutelary divinity of their dominions. How much more legitimate is it to say with the wise Plato, that the perfect felicity of a kingdom consists in the obedience of subjects to their prince, and of the prince to the laws, and in the laws being just and constantly directed to the public good! Jean-Jacques Rousseau platowiselaw I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects. Jean-Jacques Rousseau stillslongchildren It is as if my heart and my brain did not belong to the same person. Feelings come quicker than lightning and fill my soul, but they bring me no illumination; they burn me and dazzle me. Jean-Jacques Rousseau illuminationsoulheart That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires. Jean-Jacques Rousseau doedesiremen In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. Jean-Jacques Rousseau democracies-haveexistencedemocracy Your first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which of you does not sometimes look back regretfully on the age when laughter was ever on the lips and the heart free of care? Why steal from the little innocents the enjoyment of a time that passes all too quickly? Jean-Jacques Rousseau laughterteachingheart Jewish authors would never have invented either that style nor that morality; and the Gospel has marks of truth so great, so striking, so utterly inimitable, that the invention of it would be more astonishing than the hero. Jean-Jacques Rousseau styleherowould-be Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force of all. Jean-Jacques Rousseau libertygovernmentassociation 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. Jean-Jacques Rousseau menknowledgethinking There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something. Jean-Jacques Rousseau made Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies. Jean-Jacques Rousseau greatnessusemen Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. Jean-Jacques Rousseau motivationalinspirationallife It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules. Jean-Jacques Rousseau conquersupportworld Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act; the other is physical, the power that executes the will to act. Jean-Jacques Rousseau motivationaltwomoving Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant. Jean-Jacques Rousseau paingriefsuffering Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing. Jean-Jacques Rousseau law As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost. Jean-Jacques Rousseau doemaymen One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly? Jean-Jacques Rousseau dungeonsdoemay 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 runninghappinesschildren
