Top 400 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes (2024 Update)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Force is a physical power; I do not see how its effects could produce morality. To yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will; it is at best an act of prudence. In what sense can it be a moral duty?”

401. “Force is a physical power; I do not see how its effects could produce morality. To yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will; it is at best an act of prudence. In what sense can it be a moral duty?”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “If then the people promises simply to obey, by that very act it dissolves itself and loses what makes it a people; the moment a master exists, there is no longer a Sovereign, and from that moment the body politic has ceased to exist.”

402. “If then the people promises simply to obey, by that very act it dissolves itself and loses what makes it a people; the moment a master exists, there is no longer a Sovereign, and from that moment the body politic has ceased to exist.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “When a man is set in authority over others, everything conspires to rob him of his sense of justice and reason.”

403. “When a man is set in authority over others, everything conspires to rob him of his sense of justice and reason.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Alas, it is when one is beginning to leave behind one’s mortal body that one is the most hindered by it!”

404. “Alas, it is when one is beginning to leave behind one’s mortal body that one is the most hindered by it!”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “No se deben dar preceptos, sino hacer de manera que los encuentre el alumno.”

405. “No se deben dar preceptos, sino hacer de manera que los encuentre el alumno.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “We are ever looking forward or backward, ruminating on what is past, and can return no more, or anticipating the future, which may never arrive; there is nothing solid to which the heart can attach itself, neither have we here below any pleasures that are lasting.”

406. “We are ever looking forward or backward, ruminating on what is past, and can return no more, or anticipating the future, which may never arrive; there is nothing solid to which the heart can attach itself, neither have we here below any pleasures that are lasting.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “The oftener the choice fell upon old men, the oftener it became necessary to repeat it, and the more the trouble of such repetitions became sensible; electioneering took place; factions arose; the parties contracted ill blood; civil wars blazed forth; the lives of the citizens were sacrificed to the pretended happiness of the state; and things at last came to such a pass, as to be ready to relapse into their primitive confusion.”

407. “The oftener the choice fell upon old men, the oftener it became necessary to repeat it, and the more the trouble of such repetitions became sensible; electioneering took place; factions arose; the parties contracted ill blood; civil wars blazed forth; the lives of the citizens were sacrificed to the pretended happiness of the state; and things at last came to such a pass, as to be ready to relapse into their primitive confusion.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe.”

408. “Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Si hay que permitir a ciertos hombres el librarse al estudio de las ciencias y de las artes, es a aquellos que tengan fuerzas para andar solos en su busca y para adelantarlas. A.”

409. “Si hay que permitir a ciertos hombres el librarse al estudio de las ciencias y de las artes, es a aquellos que tengan fuerzas para andar solos en su busca y para adelantarlas. A.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “I ask: which of the two, civil or natural life, is more likely to become insufferable to those who live it? We see about us practically no people who do not complain about their existence; many even deprive themselves of it to the extent they are able, and the combination of divine and human laws is hardly enough to stop this disorder. I ask: has anyone ever heard of a savage man who was living in liberty ever dreaming of complaining about his life and of killing himself?”

410. “I ask: which of the two, civil or natural life, is more likely to become insufferable to those who live it? We see about us practically no people who do not complain about their existence; many even deprive themselves of it to the extent they are able, and the combination of divine and human laws is hardly enough to stop this disorder. I ask: has anyone ever heard of a savage man who was living in liberty ever dreaming of complaining about his life and of killing himself?”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Nada manifiesta tanto las verdaderas inclinaciones de un hombre como las clases de relaciones que contrae ’.”

411. “Nada manifiesta tanto las verdaderas inclinaciones de un hombre como las clases de relaciones que contrae ’.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Nations, like men, are teachable only in their youth; with age they become incorrigible. Once customs are established and prejudices rooted, reform is a dangerous and fruitless enterprise; a people cannot bear to see its evils touched, even if only to be eradicated.”

412. “Nations, like men, are teachable only in their youth; with age they become incorrigible. Once customs are established and prejudices rooted, reform is a dangerous and fruitless enterprise; a people cannot bear to see its evils touched, even if only to be eradicated.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Reconcile those who are at strife, prevent lawsuits; incline children to duty, fathers to kindness; promote happy marriages; prevent annoyances; freely use the credit of your pupil’s parents on behalf of the weak who cannot obtain justice, the weak who are oppressed by the strong. Be just, human, kindly. Do.”

413. “Reconcile those who are at strife, prevent lawsuits; incline children to duty, fathers to kindness; promote happy marriages; prevent annoyances; freely use the credit of your pupil’s parents on behalf of the weak who cannot obtain justice, the weak who are oppressed by the strong. Be just, human, kindly. Do.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Hard to rouse and hard to restrain: that had been a constant trait in my character.”

414. “Hard to rouse and hard to restrain: that had been a constant trait in my character.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Happy am I, for every time I meditate on governments, I always find new reasons in my inquiries for loving my own country.”

415. “Happy am I, for every time I meditate on governments, I always find new reasons in my inquiries for loving my own country.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “We seek knowledge only because we desire enjoyment, and it is impossible to conceive why a person who has neither desires nor fears would take the trouble to reason.”

416. “We seek knowledge only because we desire enjoyment, and it is impossible to conceive why a person who has neither desires nor fears would take the trouble to reason.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “This is how in every condition the guilty strong person saves himself at the expense of the innocent weak one...”

417. “This is how in every condition the guilty strong person saves himself at the expense of the innocent weak one...”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time – must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau.”

418. “Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time – must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Then, turning toward me, he said to me, “My child, in almost everything the beginnings are rough; however yours will not be very much so. Be prudent, and seek to please everyone here; at present this is your sole business. For the rest, have courage; we want to take care of you.”

419. “Then, turning toward me, he said to me, “My child, in almost everything the beginnings are rough; however yours will not be very much so. Be prudent, and seek to please everyone here; at present this is your sole business. For the rest, have courage; we want to take care of you.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Todo hombre nacido en la esclavitud, nace para la esclavitud; nada.”

420. “Todo hombre nacido en la esclavitud, nace para la esclavitud; nada.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “Respect childhood, and leave nature to act for a long time before you get involved with acting in its place.”

421. “Respect childhood, and leave nature to act for a long time before you get involved with acting in its place.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quote: “It should not be thought, moreover, that this manner of thinking is peculiar to Catholics; it is that of every dogmatic religion in which belief is made into the essential thing rather than deeds.”

422. “It should not be thought, moreover, that this manner of thinking is peculiar to Catholics; it is that of every dogmatic religion in which belief is made into the essential thing rather than deeds.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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