Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Childhood 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.

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

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

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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

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

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the...

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the...

You needn't be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead! There's...

You needn't be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead! There's...