Truth is no road to fortune

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Truth Quotes

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

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...

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

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

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

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

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

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.

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.