“It is a great and beautiful spectacle to see a man somehow emerging from oblivion by his own efforts, dispelling with the light of his reason the shadows in which nature had enveloped him, rising above himself, soaring in his… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“When innocent and virtuous men liked to have gods as witnesses of their actions, they lived with them in the same huts. But having… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Our wisdom is slavish prejudice, our customs consist in control, constraint, compulsion. Civilised man is born and dies a slave. The infant is bound… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty. No, it is not possible that minds degraded… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“What good is it looking for our happiness in the opinion of others if we can find it in ourselves?” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“I can discover nothing in any mere animal but an ingenious machine, to which nature has given senses to wind itself up, and guard,… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“I know the feelings of my heart, and I know men. I am not made like any of those I have seen; I venture… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Gambling is only the resource of those who do not know what to do with themselves” — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity governs our… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“In fact, the real source of all those differences, is that the savage lives within himself, whereas the citizen, constantly beside himself, knows only… — Jean Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
