Rousseau

Famous quotes containing the word rousseau:

“The first man, who after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, this is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

“Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)