Quotes By Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain than an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man is not so ready to display his learning; he would have too much to say, and he sees that there is much more to be said, so he holds his peace.”

“What good is it to seek our happiness in the opinion of others if we cannot find it in ourselves?”

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”

“The truth brings no man a fortune.”

“Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.”