To endure is the first thing that a ch.. Jean Jacques Rousseau

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: Swiss

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Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

Nature does not deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

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