To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Writing Quotes

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

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

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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...

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...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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?

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

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...

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.

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...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

My little sisters password for the Disney website is 'MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto' I asked her why...she said...

My little sisters password for the Disney website is 'MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto' I asked her why...she said...

I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces...

I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces...