Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Childhood Quotes

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...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

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...

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

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...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

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...

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:...

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

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...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note...

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...