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> [Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/luxury-corrupts-at-once-rich-and-poor-the-rich-by-possession-and-the/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

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## More by Henri Rousseau

> [It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/it-is-not-i-that-am-drawing-it-is-this-thing-at-the-end-of-my-hand/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [If it is reason that forms man then it is the emotions that guide her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/if-it-is-reason-that-forms-man-then-it-is-the-emotions-that-guide-her/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/if-a-king-tries-to-start-a-war-a-mother-should-go-to-him-and-forbid-it/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/excuse-my-scribbling-it-is-late-and-i-have-a-poor-candle/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/from-the-first-moment-of-life-men-ought-to-begin-learning-to-deserve/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [“Why did you paint a couch in the middle of the jungle?" Rousseau: "Because one has a right to paint one's dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/why-did-you-paint-a-couch-in-the-middle-of-the-jungle-rousseau/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/we-are-the-two-great-painters-of-this-era-you-are-in-the-egyptian/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/i-have-always-believed-that-good-is-only-beauty-put-into-practice/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/when-i-go-out-into-the-countryside-and-see-the-sun-and-the-green-and/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [I felt before I thought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/i-felt-before-i-thought/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/i-cannot-now-change-my-style-which-i-acquired-as-you-can-imagine-by/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [The universe was born restless and has never since been still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/the-universe-was-born-restless-and-has-never-since-been-still/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/nature-s-instructions-are-always-slow-those-of-men-are-generally/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [The principal problem I had during the five years I ran the Caisse - and I bet you that it will be the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/the-principal-problem-i-had-during-the-five-years-i-ran-the-caisse/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

> [The passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/the-passage-from-the-state-of-nature-to-the-civil-state-produces-a/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

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