I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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...

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.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

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?

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

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

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the...

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

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...

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.