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A complete collection of Rousseau's famous sayings

1. When people are forced to obey and obey, they do something right. However, once people can break the shackles on themselves and break it, they will do more right.

2. Property is the true foundation of a democratic society and the real guarantee for citizens to enter into contracts.

3. However, I am also destined to be able to truly love with love only once in my life. It was not her, but someone else who would possess the first and last sigh of my heart.

4. Civilized society has not only corrupted human health, but also corrupted human sincere feelings. Marriage is no longer based on pure love, but on interests.

5. To achieve something, to become an independent, self-reliant and consistent person, one must be consistent in his words and deeds. He must insist on the idea he should take, resolutely adhere to this idea, and implement it consistently. claim.

6. Like birds, we all have a season of molting, which is destined to be a turning point in our lives.

7. Did not develop the habit of thinking in childhood. It will make him lose the ability to think for the rest of his life.

8. If a person can restrain himself for the sake of morality, then he absolutely cannot bear the contempt of the person he loves.

9. Everyone has happiness and pain, but the degree is different. Whoever suffers the least pain is the happiest person; whoever feels the least happiness is the most pitiful person.

10. Whoever becomes the best in a certain field will be lucky. Therefore, no matter which field I am, as long as I become the best, I will be lucky. Opportunities will come naturally, and when the opportunity comes, I will be lucky. Everything will be smooth sailing if you rely on your skills.

11. Youth is the time to learn wisdom, and middle age is the time to put it into practice.

12. Before the invention of symbols representing wealth, wealth only referred to land and livestock, which were the only real properties that people owned. However, as these properties continued to expand in number and extent to occupy the entire earth, people's lands were adjacent to each other, and one could only increase his wealth by injuring the property of others. At the same time, those superfluous people, who are either too weak or too lazy to gain anything, become poor even though they have nothing to lose, because everything around them is changing, but they remain the same, so they have to start from the rich. Accept alms or stolen food from others. In this way, according to their different characters, there was domination and slavery, rape and plunder.

13. The big problem of political science is to find a form of government that puts law above people. The difficulty of this problem can be compared with the problem of turning a circle into a square in geometry. .

14. I understand my own heart and understand others well. I was born so different from anyone I met that I even dared to believe that there was no one born like me in the whole world. Although I am not better than others, at least I am different from them. Nature shaped me and then shattered the mold.

15. Decoration is also incompatible with virtue, because virtue is the strength and vitality of the soul.

16. Great people will never abuse their advantages. They see where they are superior to others and realize this, but they will never be immodest because of this. The more mistakes they make, the more they realize their shortcomings.

17. As a kind of regulation, the law’s own binding force is weaker than desire. It can only restrict people but cannot change them.

18. I was captured by snacks at the age of ten, by my lover at the age of twenty, by happiness at the age of thirty, by ambition at the age of forty, and by greed at the age of fifty. When can people pursue wisdom?

19. Everyone is born free, but they are in shackles everywhere!

20. I don’t mean that social relationships can be ignored when it comes to marriage. What I mean is that the impact of natural relationships is much greater than that of social relationships. It can even determine our lives. destiny, and such a strict compatibility in hobbies, tempers, feelings and characters... Such a well-matched couple can withstand all possible disasters when they live a poor life together. When they were living together, they were much happier than a divorced couple who owned all the property in the world.

21. Resentment is like a bag of dead rats. It is best to throw it far away.

22. If various sciences can correct customs, if they can teach people to bleed for the motherland, if they can inspire people's courage, then the Chinese people should be smart, free and incompetent. Conquered.

23. Because people don’t know good, they must be inherently evil. People are evil because they don’t know what good is; they won’t give any help to their companions because they think they don’t have it. Power asks him to help, or he thinks he is entitled to whatever it wants, or is even foolish enough to think he is master of the world.

24. The governance of society should be based entirely on this common interest. People always want to be happy, but people don't always see happiness clearly.

25. Labor is an inevitable obligation for everyone in society.

26. Develop the habit of perceiving and observing noble things in order to get rid of the excuse that "noble things cannot be imitated". Our spiritual realm is elevated, our passion for gazing at divine examples is ignited, and we seek to learn from others.

27. It is not difficult for a person with good intentions to express his courtesy to others.

28. People say life is very short, but I think it is they themselves who make life so short.

29. Nature and virtue are violated by culture and art, the products of society and property.

30. Once a person becomes famous, he will have no friends left. This is a great misfortune. What's especially unfortunate is that people who claim to be your friends also leave you.

31. People begin to compare different things, and unknowingly acquire concepts of beauty and value, and then develop a feeling of preference. Because they have to meet constantly, they can't bear the pain of not being able to see each other often. A gentle and pleasant feeling quietly enters their hearts. The slightest contradiction will cause strong dissatisfaction. Love arouses jealousy. Once lovers turn against each other, , life will become a sacrifice of tenderness.

32. All human noble emotions and virtues of self-sacrifice originally originated from compassion.

33. The terms virtue and evil are collective concepts that can only be produced through frequent contact between people.

34. The money in our hands is a tool to maintain freedom; the money we pursue is a tool to make ourselves a slave.

35. A trustworthy watchdog will only bark when a robber comes, waking everyone up and alerting them in time; however, we hate a barking dog. There is no rest, and its untimely calls often result in us not hearing any alarms when we need them.

36. Throughout my life, I couldn’t bear to face the woman I loved so much that I couldn’t see or hear. I have never expressed my feelings to them before, but I have never taken advantage of the opportunity of my closest acquaintance to ask them for the only favor I need.

37. For a person who just wants to put plants into a medicine mortar and mash them, beautiful and charming flowers, plants and trees have no meaning, and no one will use weeds to make medicine for colon cleansing. A garland for your lover.

38. Only in these moments of solitude and contemplation can I be the real me, the one who is consistent with my nature, and only then can I be free from worries and restraints.

39. In order to prevent the social convention from becoming a dead letter, it naturally contains such a provision-only this provision can make other provisions effective-anyone who refuses to obey the public consciousness People, society must conform to his obedience to the official seal.

40. There is no freedom without law, and no one is above the law. There is no need to ask why people should obey the law while being free, because the law is nothing but a record of our own will. Law is nothing but a condition of social union. The people who obey the law should be the creators of the law; those who stipulate social conditions can only be those who make up the society.

41. I have observed people who are particular about gourmet food many times. As soon as they wake up, they think about what they are going to eat that day, and their descriptions of the meals they eat are as detailed as Polybius describes a riot. I discovered that all these so-called adults are nothing more than 40-year-old children who have neither strength nor strength. Gluttony is a vice of weak-willed people.

42. No benefit obtained through legal means is as good as the benefits obtained through illegal means. There is always more to be gained by harming others than by serving them. In doing so, the only thing to consider is how to avoid punishment. In order to achieve this goal, the strong will use all their strength, while the weak will use all their tricks.

43. I hope that no one within this country can be above the law; no one outside the country can make an order to make this country submit to his authority. Because, no matter why a government is established, if someone within its jurisdiction is not bound by the law, then everyone else must be subject to the arbitrary control of this person.

44. The source of true happiness lies within ourselves. As long as a person is good at pursuing happiness, others cannot make him fall into a truly miserable situation.

45. No matter who you are, as long as my fate or trust makes you the judge of this book, I will use my misfortune to pass through your ancient path and implore you in the name of all mankind. Do not destroy this useful and original work, which may serve as the first reference for the study of man that has yet to be created; and I beg you, do not tear down this book in my memory. The only monument to my character that has not been distorted by my enemies.

46. I am now going to do a difficult job that has no precedent and will not be imitated by anyone in the future. I want to expose a person's true face nakedly to the world. This person is me.

47. The purpose of a social treaty is to protect the contracting parties. To achieve the goal, you must use means, and these means are inseparable from certain risks and even certain sacrifices.

If a person depends on others to save his own life, he will also sacrifice his own life when the lives of others need to be protected. And it is not for the citizen himself to judge what kind of danger the law requires him to take. When the monarch says to him, "You have to die for the country," he should die; because of this, he always enjoys safety, so that his life is not a simple gift of nature, but a kind of country. Conditional gift.

48. As long as a person’s heart and hobbies are destroyed, his blooming years will pass away like a spring dream.

49. Where flowers fade, humans cannot live.

50. Since sovereignty is nothing more than the application of public will, it can never be transferred; since the sovereign is just a collective life, he can only be allowed to represent himself. ; What can be transferred is power, not will.

51. Freedom is like those nutritious foods and fine wines. For strong people who are adapted to them, they can increase their nutrition and strengthen their bodies, but for those whose physiques are not suitable for them, Weak people, it destroys their bodies or makes them intoxicated. Once people adapt to their masters, it is difficult to leave them. Even if they break away from the shackles, they will only be farther away from freedom, because they mistakenly regard the excessive indulgence that is opposite to slavery as freedom, so that after they are free, they Often indulged in pleasure, these people will only put heavier shackles on them.

52. Life, health, rationality and comfort should be overwhelming. Uncomfortable things will never appear beautiful; being slim does not mean being thin. In order to please others, you should not have a beautiful appearance. Unhealthy look.

53. The law is a beneficial and gentle yoke, and the proudest head also wears this yoke docilely.

54. To me, threats are more terrifying than blows. Once suffering comes, facts put aside the elements of imagination and return them to their true colors. I just felt like they were far less scary than I originally thought.

55. Surrender to force is only a necessary behavior, not a choice of will. It is at most a smart behavior!

56. I never feel bored when I am alone. Chatting is the thing that I cannot stand in my life.

57. How can you restrain your actions and eyes when your heart is flying?

58. If love makes people worried, respect is trustworthy; an honest person will not be disrespectful to others, because the reason why we love someone is because we Think that person has qualities that we respect.

59. I am engaged in a career that is unprecedented and unprecedented. I want to show the true face of a person to the world; this person is me.

60. A person is weak only when he is in a state of dependence. If he was unrestrained and not dependent on others, he would already be very strong.

61. We often see people in the theater crying because of the unfortunate people they recruit into the play. However, if they become tyrants, they will only treat their enemies more cruelly.

62. All my talents come from my love for the subject matter I want to deal with. Only the love of greatness, truth, and beauty can inspire my genius.

63. If children do not develop the habit of thinking, they will not have the ability to think throughout their lives.

64. Warm friendship and a kind heart can comfort us when we are in pain. Even when we are happy, if there is no one to share our joy with, we will feel lonely and depressed.

65. For law enforcement officers, he must exercise the power given to him by the client according to the will of the client, and in any case, they must put the interests of the public above the individual.

66. The establishment of a political organization is regarded as a real contract between the people and their elected leaders. Both of them bind themselves to abide by the laws stipulated in it, and this law is the link between them. of ties.

67. Selfishness is a kind of self-love, and compassion is a kind of love for others. If a person wants to be loved by others, he should first have the heart to love others.

68. The value of life is determined by yourself.

69. Desire originates from our needs, and the development of desire also depends on the accumulation of our knowledge, because unless we know these concepts, or originate from simple impulses of nature, we will not like or Afraid of anything.

70. Of course, a person will not take the happiness of the person he despises seriously. Therefore, you don’t have to be so surprised when you see political scientists speaking with such disdain about the people, and when you see most philosophers insisting on speaking of human beings in such bad terms.

71. People who had been wandering in the jungle before began to settle down and gradually gathered to form various groups. Eventually, each region produced a specific ethnic group with the same personality and lifestyle. , and these ethnic groups are not maintained by decrees and laws, but by the same lifestyle, diet, and the influence of the same climate.

72. When a person does something wholeheartedly, he will eventually succeed.

73. There is no person without hateful shortcomings.

74. Remember, the reason why a person goes astray is not because of his ignorance, but because he thinks he knows.

75. When I say that the object of law is always universal, I mean that the law only considers the collective body and abstract behavior of the subjects, and never considers individual people and individual behaviors. . We no longer need to ask who should make the law, because the law is an act of general will; we do not need to ask whether the monarch is above the law, because the monarch is also a member of the country; nor do we need to ask whether the law will be unjust, because there is no People can be unjust to themselves.

76. It is true that the relationship between people at that time was not like ours now, and the interactions between people were no more than the interactions between people and animals, but he still would not ignore the relationship between people. Through his similar observations, over time, he will be able to discover the sexual similarities between them and between him and women. When he finds that other people behave exactly like him in the same situation, he naturally assumes that others think and act exactly like him. Once this important discovery is deeply imprinted in his mind, it will form an intuition in his mind that is more certain but far faster than reasoning, prompting him to pursue a solution that is most beneficial to his own safety and interests. behavior.

77. People say that life is very short. I think it is they themselves who make life so short. Since they are not good at using life, they complain in turn that time passes too fast; but I think that for their kind of life, time passes too slowly.

78. I have been trapped in this strange situation for more than fifteen years, and it still feels like a nightmare when I think about it. I always think that maybe I am suffering from indigestion or being haunted by nightmares, and I will wake up from the dream, no longer entangled with this pain, and rekindle old relationships with my friends. Yes, maybe I fell from wakefulness to coma inadvertently, or to be more precise, from life to death. Somehow, I had been thrown off the normal track of things, and I watched myself being thrown into an incomprehensible chaos, unable to see anything. And the harder I try to make sense of my current situation, the less I understand where I am.

79. The most important educational principle is not to cherish time, but to waste it.

80. You must remember that before you dare to take on the task of cultivating a person, you must cultivate a person, and you must be a model worthy of admiration.

81. The problem is not to teach him various knowledge, but to cultivate his interest in learning, and when this interest has fully grown, let him use the method of studying learning.

82. Attempts to conquer others are one of the most obvious and harmful sources of growth in national needs.

83. Don’t teach him this kind of knowledge, but let him discover what knowledge he has.

84. Force does not mean rights, but only legal power can create obligations.

85. Once this job is put aside, sometimes I am hesitant about what to do next, and this period of idle time can ruin me, because there is no external thing to occupy my energy. My thoughts just kept spinning on me.

86. Money is the seed of money. The first guinea (old British currency) is sometimes harder to obtain than the second million.

87. Aristotle had said before them that people are not naturally equal at all, but that some people are born to be slaves, while others are born to rule. Aristotle was right, but he mistook effect for cause. It is absolutely certain that all who are born into slavery are born into slavery.

88. Human beings seem to have this tendency to establish a rule for others to abide by, and at the same time try their best to make themselves an exception and not be bound by it.

89. The most important thing in human life is labor training. It is impossible to have a normal human life without labor.

90. Having given the human body the power of life and survival, now we need to let legislation give it action and will. Because the behavior of the body forming and combining does not determine what the body should do in order to maintain its own existence.

91. No matter what is created by nature, it is good. Once it is in human hands, it becomes bad.

92. Everything in the hands of nature, the Creator, is good, but it turns into evil in the hands of humans.