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

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

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

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

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

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...

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

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...

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...

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

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...