The person who has lived the longest is not the one who has lived the most years, but the one who has felt his life the most.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Rousseau Jean Jacques - Quotes
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Since the opposite of every false statement is truth, the number of truths is as inexhaustible as the number of errors.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Tightening punishments is just a futile attempt by narrow minds, by terror, to force respect for the law. Yet it may be observed that the countries in which corporal punishment is most terrible are also the countries in which it is most frequent.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
The moment a ruler or official starts listening to his heart, he becomes a traitor. Nor is he to trust his reason too much; he must not be governed by any rule other than the public interest, i.e., the law.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Everything contributes to deprive the man who has been raised to rule others of reason and a sense of justice.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
When you see me about to die, take me to the shade of the oak tree! I promise you I'll come back from there.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
The fatherland cannot exist without liberty, liberty without virtue, and virtue without citizens.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
The whole skill of these big politicians is ultimately that they can blind the eyes of those they need to, and people believe they are working in their interests, but they are really working for themselves.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
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