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Reason deceives us; conscience, never.

Reason deceives us; conscience, never.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Deceiving, Reason, Conscience

Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies in pain, dishonor, mockery, the object of universal cursing - the most horrible death that one could fear. At the receipt of the cup of poison, Socrates blesses him who could not give it to him without tears; Jesus, while suffering the sharpest pains, prays for His most bitter enemies. If Socrates lived and died like a philosopher, Jesus lived and died like a god.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jesus, Pain, Wish To Die

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Life, Faith, Philosophical

Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Firsts, Judgment, Mistaken

The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Coward, Cowardice, Braggarts

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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Life, Business, Philosophical
"Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau". Book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1782.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Wise, Children, Taught
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1894). “Émile; Or, Concerning Education: Extracts Containing the Principal Elements of Pedagogy Found in the First Three Books”

Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Luxury, Riches, Poor
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole (2003). “On the Social Contract”, p.45, Courier Corporation

The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Sweet, Philosophical, Animal
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2013). “Emile”, p.142, Courier Corporation

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Men, Two, Physicians

It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Believe, Desire, Oneself

Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Escaping, Desire, Slavery
Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “The Social Contract”, p.88, Jean Jacques Rousseau

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Honesty, Eye, Atheism

Social man lives constantly outside himself.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Men, Social
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2005). “On the Origin of Inequality”, p.98, Cosimo, Inc.

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
Life, Time, Philosophical

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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
World, Madness, Madmen

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Men, Fellow Man, Natural
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry John Tozer, Derek Matravers (1997). “The Social Contract”, p.9, Wordsworth Editions

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Hurt, Children, Important
Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.139, eKitap Projesi

Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Men, Good Man, Pay

Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Happiness, Self, Supreme
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2013). “Emile”, p.292, Courier Corporation

The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People, Deceived
Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “The Social Contract”, p.131, Jean Jacques Rousseau

The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him was the true founder of civil society. What crimes, wars, murders, what miseries and horrors would the human race have been spared, had some one pulled up the stakes or filled in the ditch and cried out to his fellow men: "Do not listen to this imposter. You are lost if you forget that the fruits of the earth belong to all and the earth to no one!

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
War, Believe, Men
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2010). “The Basic Political Writings (Second Edition)”, p.69, Hackett Publishing

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Justice, Diversity, Judging
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christopher Kelly, Allan David Bloom (2010). “Emile, Or, On Education: Includes Emile and Sophie, Or, The Solitaries”, p.355, UPNE

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

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Gratitude, Philosophical, Inspirational Christmas

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