Quotes by Jean Jacques Rousseau

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

#Earth

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

#Gratitude

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body

#Heart

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

#Heroism

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

#Labor, #Moderation

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

#Liberty, #Peace

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity...

#Liberty

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

#Wisdom

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

#Funny, #Happiness

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

#Jean Jacques Rousseau

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

#Jean Jacques Rousseau

A feeble body weakens the mind.

#Jean Jacques Rousseau