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Jean-Jacques Rousseau13 quotes
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the cause of its destruction. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1781Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1781Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762All 13 quotes →Henri-Frederic Amiel2 quotes
To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended. — Henri-Frederic Amiel · 1849The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri-Frederic Amiel · 1883