As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.
Jean-Jacques RousseauMan was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
Jean-Jacques RousseauIt is not our criminal actions that require courage to confess, but those which are ridiculous and foolish.
Jean-Jacques RousseauAh, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in all the aroma.
Jean-Jacques RousseauYour first duty is to be humane. Love childhood. Look with friendly eyes on its games, its pleasures, its amiable dispositions. Which of you does not sometimes look back regretfully on the age when laughter was ever on the lips and the heart free of care? Why steal from the little innocents the enjoyment of a time that passes all too quickly?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau