We have to have powder for our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.
Jean-Jacques RousseauI hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.
Jean-Jacques RousseauAt first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau