Yo pregunto: de la vida social o natural, ¿cuál está más sujeta a convertirse en insoportable para quienes las disfrutan? Alrededor nuestro casi sólo… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

" "

Yo pregunto: de la vida social o natural, ¿cuál está más sujeta a convertirse en insoportable para quienes las disfrutan? Alrededor nuestro casi sólo vemos gentes lamentándose de su existencia y aun algunos que se privan de ella en cuanto está en su poder, no bastando apenas el concurso de la ley divina y de la humana para contener este desorden. Yo pregunto si alguna vez se ha oído decir que un salvaje en libertad hubiera tan sólo pensado en quejarse de la vida o en darse la muerte. Júzguese, pues, con menos orgullo de qué lado se halla la verdadera miseria

Spanish
Collect this quote

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

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

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Enjoy ad-free browsing, unlimited collections, and advanced search features with Premium.

Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.

Additional quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There is quite another class of exceptions: those so gifted by nature that they rise above the level of their age. As there are men who never get beyond infancy, so there are others who are never, so to speak, children, they are men almost from birth.

The ever-recurring law of necessity soon teaches a man to do what he does not like, so as to avert evils which he would dislike still more... this foresight, well or ill used, is the source of all the wisdom or the wretchedness of mankind.

Loading...