Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes on Virtue
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose work profoundly influenced political theory, education, literature, and the French Revolution. This page collects quotes attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
“Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education.”
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Attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
“To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.”
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Attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
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Attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
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“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.