Tag: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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I only see clearly what I remember.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Force does not constitute right… obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau