What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.