Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

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

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

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...

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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...

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

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...

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

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

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

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.

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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

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

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...

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?

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...

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface...

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life