Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid;
foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth,
all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
People who know little are usually great talkers,
while men who know much say little.
--Jean Jacques Rousseau
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
--John Morley (Rousseau)
One can buy anything with money except morality.
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time.
It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment,
it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.
--Jean Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau
|