Quotes by

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To live is not breathing it is action. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau