Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men, in general, are not this or that, they are what they are made to be.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

More than half of my life is past; I have left only the time I need for turning the rest of it to account and for effacing my errors by my virtues.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau