Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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

Plant and your spouse plants with you weed and you weed alone.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

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

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

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

God made me and broke the mold.

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

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.