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~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes ~
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes


A major Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a major Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy heavily influenced the French Revolution, as well as the American Revolution and the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.

Here are some famous quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 




A feeble body weakens the mind.

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I may not amount to much but at least I am unique.

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Man was born free and everywhere he is in shackles.

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All that time is lost which might be better employed.

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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2014, 11:33:19 AM »
Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2014, 11:33:48 AM »
Fame is but the breath of the people and that often unwholesome.

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Happiness: a good bank account a good cook and a good digestion.

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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2014, 11:34:56 AM »
I hate books; they teach us only to talk about what we do not know.

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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2014, 11:35:24 AM »
There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.

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Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

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Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid but which none have a right to expect.

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« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2014, 11:36:59 AM »
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.

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He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.

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It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it one must feel it.