Jean- Jacques Rousseau French- Philosopher

Thoughts of Rousseau

"Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man."

"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."

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

"Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts ?

"Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces."

"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect."

"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can."

"To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know."