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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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
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To live is not breathing it is action.
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The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.
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Living is not breathing but doing.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are mutually exclusive. Christianity preaches only servitude and dependence. Its spirit is so favorable to tyranny that it always profits by such a regime. True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not much mind; this short life counts for too little in their eyes.
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Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
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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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The strongest is never strong enough always to be master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty
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Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know.
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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body