At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Teenage Quotes

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

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

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and...

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

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...

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...

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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.

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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.

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

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

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them

We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud...

We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud...