Jean-Jacques Rousseau World Quotations

To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.

It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules.

Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man

The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]

Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people...

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.