23 Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

The vine that has been made to bear fruit in the spring, withers and dies before autumn.

To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet.

Each State can have for enemies only other States, and not men; for between things disparate in nature there can be no real relation.

They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever renounce it.