Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( 10 of 26 )
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Money is the seed of money.
Money is the seed of money.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
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.]
Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in
adversity.
[Fr., Le remords s'endort durant read more
Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in
adversity.
[Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit
dans l'adversite.]
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
A feeble body weakens the mind.
A feeble body weakens the mind.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
