Tag: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau