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
money liberty slavery
The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.
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Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
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One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.
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In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just.
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Finance is a slave's word.
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The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
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With children use force with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
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Most people believe that the longer you let these things go, the more likely you are to have something go wrong.
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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.