Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

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

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

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it....

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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 long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

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...

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.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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 undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own:...

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...