Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseauwas a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the overall development of modern political and educational thought...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 June 1712
CityGeneva, Switzerland
CountryFrance
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One can buy anything with money except morality.
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The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.
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I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.
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I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
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All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
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All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.
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Gasoline consumption over the past 4 weeks has been 2.4 percent above prior-year levels, on average, suggesting momentum continues to build ahead of the summer driving seasons.
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If you take a look at the supply-demand fundamentals in the world, there's not a lot of excess supply available or much coming on line.
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The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people naive enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society
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In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.
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From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live; and, as at the instant of birth we partake of the rights of citizenship, that instant ought to be the beginning of the exercise of our duty.
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Sacrifice life to truth.