Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“He who is slow in believing is strong in believing.”
“Men are not made to be crowded together; the spirit of the people lives in the countryside.”
“To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say and to finish without knowing what you have written.”
“Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.”
“Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.”
“Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.”
“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”
“Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.”
“Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.”
“The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.”
“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.”
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
“I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.”
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”