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

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

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

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

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...

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

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...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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...

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

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

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

Sex is better than talk...Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to...

Sex is better than talk...Talk is what you suffer through so you can get to...

I like marriage. The idea.

I like marriage. The idea.

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...