Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Childhood Quotes

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...

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

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?

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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.

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

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...

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...

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

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.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.