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Quote of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - It is in man's heart that...


Biography - Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Switzerland

It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
C'est dans le cœur de l'homme qu'est la vie du spectacle de la nature ; pour le voir il faut le sentir.

German
Im Herzen des erfahrenen Mannes liegt das Leben dieses Naturschauspiels; um es recht zu sehen, muss man es empfinden können.




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Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

There are unknown forces in nature when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

We admire the world through what we love.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life is what we make of it. Travels are travellers. What we see is not what we see but what we are.

Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.




Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: heart


Quotes

Quotes about heart:


Hope stole into my heart against my will.





The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.





Great thoughts come from the heart.





The long sobs
Of the violins
Of autumn
Hurt my heart
With a monotonous
Languor






Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.





With most people the heart grows old with the body.











Quotes for: nature


Quotes

Quotes about nature:


Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.





Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.





Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.











Quotes for: Man


Quotes

Quotes about man, all human beings:


Man is the future of man.





No man is weak by choice.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.











Quotes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau also said...


Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.





To make another happy, is to deserve to be happy one's self.





Obedience to the law one has prescribed for oneself is freedom.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.





Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.





Confidence raises the soul.












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