Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
