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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712 – 1778) A Franco-Swiss (or Genevan) philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?