Quotes from Jean Jacques Rousseau

Do what is good for you with as little harm as possible to others

L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.

Perché l'impulso del solo appetito è schiavitù, e l'obbedienza alla legge che noi stessi ci siamo dati è libertà.

Let the numberless legion of my fellow men gather round me and hear my confessions. Let them groan at my depravities, and blush for my misdeeds. But let each one of them reveal his heart at the foot of Thy throne with equal sincerity, and may any man who dares, say, "I was a better man that he.

L'uomo è nato libero e ovunque si trova in catene

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.