Quotes by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

#Power

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

#Famous

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life;...

#Life

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

#Death

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

#Christianity

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

#Freedom, #Liberty, #Slavery

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

#Mankind

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

#Nature

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

#Passion

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

#Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

#Jean Jacques Rousseau

God made me and broke the mold.

#Jean Jacques Rousseau