“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau InspirationalKnowledgeMotivationalPatienceSweetBitter
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.” 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 FireLifeWin
“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 EducationFool
“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau Hate
“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau Truth
“Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau Duty
“Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau ChildEvilKnowledgeModesty
“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau KnowledgeNaturePhilosophy
“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 Experience
“You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau ChildTime
“It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau GoodLifeFunHappinessBankAccountCookDigestion
“Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau LibertyLost
