Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Death Quotes

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

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...

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...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

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

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

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

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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:...

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

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

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.

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....