Absolute silence leads to sadness. It .. Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: Swiss

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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

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