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

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Passion Quotes

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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.

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

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...

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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

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

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

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...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if...

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if...

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains