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Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Motivational, Trust, Nature

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When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, Hands, Generosity

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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

Children, Philosophical, Learning

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He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Death, Fear, Lying

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Many men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, Way, Half

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God made me and broke the mold.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mold, Broke, Made

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There exists one book, which, to my taste, furnishes the happiest treatise of natural education. What then is this marvelous book? Is it Aristotle? Is it Pliny, is it Buffon? No-it is Robinson Crusoe.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Education, Book, Buffon

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It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Life, Nature, Heart

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1979). “Emile: Or, On Education”, p.169, Basic Books

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Had I no other proof of the immortality of the soul than the oppression of the just and the triumph of the wicked in this world, this alone would prevent my having the least doubt of it. So shocking a discord amidst a general harmony of things would make me naturally look for a cause; I should say to myself we do not cease to exist with this life; everything reassumes its order after death.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Order, Soul, Doubt

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Everything made by man may be destroyed by man; there are no ineffaceable characters except those engraved by nature; and nature makes neither princes nor rich men nor great lords.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nature, Character, Men

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Childhood has it's own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for theirs.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thinking, Childhood, Feelings

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1892). “Rousseau's Émile: Or, Treatise on Education”

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A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Women, Men, Please

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2006). “Emile on Education: Easyread Large Edition”, p.57, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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

Cat, Smell, Watches

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Everything is in constant flux on this earth. Nothing keeps the same unchanging shape, and our affections, being attached to things outside us, necessarily change and pass away as they do. Always out ahead of us or lagging behind, they recall a past which is gone or anticipate a future which may never come into being; there is nothing solid there for the heart to attach itself to. Thus our earthly joys are almost without exception the creatures of a moment.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Heart, Past, Joy

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Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, Vanity, Mad

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2013). “Emile”, p.249, Courier Corporation

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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Made

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Alan Ritter, Julia Conaway Bondanella (1988). “Rousseau's political writings: new translations, interpretive notes, backgrounds, commentaries”, W. W. Norton & Company

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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophical, Opposites, Risk

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Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Innocence, Guilty, Ashamed

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1979). “Emile: Or, On Education”, p.217, Basic Books

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General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Truth, Eye, Men

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1783). “The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With The Reveries of the Solitary Walker”

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The mechanism she employs is much more powerful than ours, for all her levers move the human heart.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Powerful, Moving, Heart

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1783). “Emilius and Sophia: Or, A New System of Education”, p.234

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Patience patience quotes is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Patience, Sweet, Fruit

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We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following ourown reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Education, Children, Errors

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It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Support, World, Conquer

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...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Citizens, Riches, Enough

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole (2003). “On the Social Contract”, p.34, Courier Corporation

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We cannot work for others without working for ourselves.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole (2003). “On the Social Contract”, p.19, Courier Corporation

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Born: June 28, 1712
Died: July 2, 1778
Occupation: Philosopher
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