Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Virtue Quotes

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...

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...

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.

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:...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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...

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for...

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...

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

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.

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

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.

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

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

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.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.