Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Confession
The most challenging thing is to acknowledge one's own fault not because it is criminal, but because it is humorous and disgraceful.
Almost always, good but not always properly directed feelings compel children to take the first step in the wrong direction.
I seek only pleasures, but money poisons everything.
Food is not as flavorful without a companion to share it with.
Passion means nothing without love.
I love only those blessings that belong to those who know how to savor them.
The money you possess is a tool of freedom; the money you strive for is an instrument of slavery. The satisfaction of possessing them is not worth the acquisition.
Compliments in the young are more likely virtues.
People yield to him not to deceive but to avoid causing distress.
Do not repay evil for good.
Even under the most unfavorable circumstances, a wise person always has the opportunity, seeks happiness, and utilizes the prevailing wind to achieve their goals.
There is no true happiness without wisdom.
Wisdom is accessible to people in any condition.
Those who command others are neither wiser nor happier than them.
It is incomparably better to use the respect of those around you than to occasionally surprise them.
I realized that I cannot engage in one task for more than half an hour and began to alternate them. I even did two things at once, understanding that the result of each would not be optimal.
Choose a woman who is considerate and philosophically inclined. Even if, to her, the greatest crime of a man, even if indifferent to her, is to reject the opportunity to have her.
In a union of the strong and the weak, the weak always loses.