Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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

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About Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a major French-speaking Genevan philosopher of Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism.

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Alternative Names: Citizen of Geneva Jean Jacques Rousseau J. J. Rousseau Rousseau J.J. Rousseau JJ Rousseau

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My passions are extremely violent; while under their influence, nothing can equal my impetuosity; I am an absolute stranger to discretion, respect, fear, or decorum; rude, saucy, violent, and intrepid: no shame can stop, no danger intimidate me. My mind is frequently so engrossed by a single object, that beyond it the whole world is not worth a thought; this is the enthusiasm of a moment, the next, perhaps, I am plunged in a state of annihilation. Take me in my moments of tranquility,

mientras que un pueblo se ve forzado a obedecer, hace bien, si obedece; tan pronto como puede sacudir el yugo, si lo sacude, obra mucho mejor; pues recobrando su libertad por el mismo derecho con que se la han quitado, o tiene motivos para recuperarla, o no tenían ninguno para privarle de ella los que tal hicieron. Pero el orden social es un derecho sagrado que sirve de base a todos los demás. Este derecho, sin embargo, no viene de la naturaleza; luego se funda en convenciones.

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فكيف كان يتسنّى لي - و أنا في عنفوان الشباب - أن أشعر بشوقٍ قليل إلى المتعة الأولى؟... و كيف قدر لي أن أرقب ساعة القرب بألم أكثر مني بابتهاج؟... كيف حدث أنني شعرت بنفور و خوف تقريبًا، بدلا من أن أشعر بالمباهج التي كانت خليقة بأن تسكرني؟

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