Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 10 of 26 )
Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
Days of absence, I am weary;
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Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
Days of absence, I am weary;
She I love is far away.
This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force.
This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.
Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.
I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit read more
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne
se decrit point.]
