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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French
Philosopher
Born:
Jun 28
,
1712
Died:
Jul 2
,
1778
Life
Man
Only
People
Will
You
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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Knowledge
Philosopher
Pleasure
Take
His
Heard
Ceases
Being
Desire
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Hate
Nothing
Books
About
Only
Know
Talk
Us
Teach
Things
When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
You
Affliction
Defeat
Something
Happens
Either
God made me and broke the mold.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
God
Me
Made
Broke
Mold
Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Faith
Great
Individuals
Souls
Base
We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Others
Those
Evils
Ourselves
Only
Experienced
Pity
Which
Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People
Breath
Unwholesome
Fame
Often
The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Innocent
First
Later
Something
Mystery
Step
Conceal
Sooner
Towards
Sooner Or Later
Likes
First Step
Vice
Reason
Whoever
Actions
Shroud
I only see clearly what I remember.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Remember
See
Only
Clearly
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Good
Bad
Know
Really
Fortune
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