Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Labor Quotes, Moderation Quotes

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to...

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

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

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

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

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.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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.