Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Biography : Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland

Switzerland

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Quotes

Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.
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It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
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There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.
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There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.

Confidence raises the soul.
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There is only one science to teach to children. It is that of man's duties.
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We should be ashamed of making a mistake, not of repairing it.
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The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.
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The only way to avoid error is ignorance.
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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body.
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Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.
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May I venture at this point to state the greatest, the most important, the most useful rule of education? It is: do not save time, but lose it.
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