How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Heroism Quotes

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...

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....

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...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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...

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

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

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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

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

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the...

Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the...