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Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. Jean Jacques Rousseau Insults 252
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men. Jean Jacques Rousseau Men 182
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. Jean Jacques Rousseau Imagination 129
The English are proud; the French are vain. Jean Jacques Rousseau Britain 120
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. Jean Jacques Rousseau Freedom 114
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. Jean Jacques Rousseau Age 112
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. Jean Jacques Rousseau Slavery 108
Childhood is the sleep of reason. Jean Jacques Rousseau Children 105
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. Jean Jacques Rousseau Freedom 104
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. Jean Jacques Rousseau Gratitude 104
Patience is bitter, but its fruits are sweet. Jean Jacques Rousseau Patience 103
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. Jean Jacques Rousseau Money 102
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. Jean Jacques Rousseau Conscience 100
It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when they command. Jean Jacques Rousseau Laws 97
As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor. Jean Jacques Rousseau Wealth 96
Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains. Jean Jacques Rousseau Freedom 95
Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man. Jean Jacques Rousseau Doctors 95
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. Jean Jacques Rousseau Work 94
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse. Jean Jacques Rousseau Laughter 94
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? Jean Jacques Rousseau Wisdom 93
A feeble body weakens the mind. Jean Jacques Rousseau Health 90
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 Women 90
The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man. Jean Jacques Rousseau Happiness 89
She was dull unattractive couldnt tell the time count money or tie her own shoe laces... But I loved her Jean Jacques Rousseau Mystery 89
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. Jean Jacques Rousseau HeroesHeroism 89
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. Jean Jacques Rousseau Nature 88
The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. Jean Jacques Rousseau Secrets 88
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. Jean Jacques Rousseau Forgiveness 87
Cities are the abyss of the human species. Jean Jacques Rousseau 86
Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. Jean Jacques Rousseau Fame 86
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man. Jean Jacques Rousseau Birth 85
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces. Jean Jacques Rousseau Civilization 81
Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux. Jean Jacques Rousseau Love 78
The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards. Jean Jacques Rousseau CowardiceWeakness 78
To live is not breathing it is action. Jean Jacques Rousseau Life 77
There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice? Jean Jacques Rousseau Production 77
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. Jean Jacques Rousseau Truth 75
Do to others as you would have others do to you, inspires all men with that other maxim of natural goodness a great deal less perfect, but perhaps more useful: Do good to yourself with as little prejudice as you can to others. Jean Jacques Rousseau Doing 75
Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken. Jean Jacques Rousseau Judging 75
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. Jean Jacques Rousseau Promises 75
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Jean Jacques Rousseau Virtue 75
A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please. Jean Jacques Rousseau Words 75
If there were a nation of Gods it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. Jean Jacques Rousseau Democracy 74
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. Jean Jacques Rousseau Adversity 72
The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you. Jean Jacques Rousseau Money 72
The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction. Jean Jacques Rousseau Government 71
Base souls have no faith in great individuals. Jean Jacques Rousseau Faith 70
The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance. Jean Jacques Rousseau Integrity 70
I had brought from Paris the national prejudice against Italian music but I had also received from nature that acute sensibility against which prejudices are powerless. I soon contracted the passion it inspires in all those born to understand it. Jean Jacques Rousseau Identity 69
I hate books, for they only teach people to talk about what they do not understand. Jean Jacques Rousseau Books 69

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