Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes (10+)

Enjoy the best Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes. Quotations by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genevan Philosopher)
Jan 01, 1712 - Jan 01, 1778

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

By doing good we become good.

To live is not to breathe but to act.

What wisdom can you find greater than kindness?

To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was a foundational Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas on the social contract shaped modern political thought.