Jean-Jacques Rousseau

10 quotes

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.

“Julie, or The New Heloise (English), Part Six, Letter VII Response, pg 560”

“Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse (French), Sixième partie, Lettre VII Réponse”

“Chère amie, ne savez”

“Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array,”

“A country cannot subsist well without liberty , nor liberty without virtue . As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tryon Edwards , p. 301.”

“An honest man nearly always thinks justly. As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tryon Edwards , p. 277.”

“English translation as quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tryon Edwards , p. 2.”

“L'accent est l'âme du discours. Accent is the soul of language ; it gives to it both feeling and truth.”

“All that time is lost which might be better employed. As quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations in Most Frequent Use: Taken Chiefly from the Latin and French, but comprising many from the Greek, Spanish, and Italian Languages, translated into English (1809) by David Evans Macdonnel”

“Let's go dance under the elms: Step lively, young lassies. Let's go dance under the elms: Gallants, take up your pipes. Le devin du village”