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
spring men air
At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.
faithful integrity performance promise
The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
children force man men natural order requires wise
With children use force with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.
life man order risk save
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
american-journalist everywhere man
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
fruit patience proverbs
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
believe likely longer people
Most people believe that the longer you let these things go, the more likely you are to have something go wrong.
cannot great however learned natural
However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
goodness
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.
adversity either
When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
bad fortune good
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune
nations people
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
incentive money
Refiners had every incentive to get back up because there was a lot of money to be made.
criminal hardest ridiculous
It is not the criminal things that are hardest to confess, but the ridiculous and the shameful.