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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Biography - Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

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

Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Où tout est bien, rien n’est injuste. La justice est inséparable de la bonté.

German
Wo alles gut ist, gibt es nichts Ungerechtes. Gerechtigkeit ist von der Güte untrennbar.




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And therefore justice is often thought to be the greatest of virtues, and 'neither evening nor morning star' is so wonderful; and proverbially 'in justice is every virtue comprehended'.




Quotes for: good


Quotes

Quotes for: good


The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





Do not wait to be perfect to start something good.





The best is the enemy of good.





To do good needs no consideration.





Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.





How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.











Quotes for: Justice


Quotes

Quotes about Justice:


Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.





There is no justice in putting strength on a level above wisdom.





Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny.





Justice seeks no reward.





If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.











Quotes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau also said...


To make another happy, is to deserve to be happy one's self.





Obedience to the law one has prescribed for oneself is freedom.





It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.





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





Confidence raises the soul.












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