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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He who has the base necessities of life should pay nothing; taxation on him who has a surplus may, if need be; extend to everything beyond necessities.
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for doing nothing differs little in my eyes from a brigand, who lives at the expense of passers-by.
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The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the longest, but the one with the richest experiences
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However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.
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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
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We do not know what is really good or bad fortune
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Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
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Refiners had every incentive to get back up because there was a lot of money to be made.
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It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and the shameful.
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The last calendar year that Exxon Mobil was the top-performing stock in the peer group was 1998, when crude oil, natural gas and refining margins all declined vs. the previous year.
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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body
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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.