Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Genevan philosopher whose writings on freedom, education and the social contract influenced the modern world. Rousseau celebrated nature, feeling and the goodness of the simple life. Below are 15 of the most loved Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
Cities are the abyss of the human species.
To write a love letter, you must begin without knowing what you intend to say, and end without knowing what you have written.
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we do not know.
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?