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Reason Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil…
- With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
- Reason deceives us; conscience, never.
- God is intelligent; but in what manner? Man is intelligent by the act of reasoning, but the supreme intelligence lies under no necessity to reason.…
- To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.
- 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…
- Childhood is the sleep of reason.
- The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal…
- Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be…
- Childhood is the sleep of reason.C
- "Let us unite them together in one supreme power which shall govern us all according to wise laws, protect us and defend all members of…
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